Listen up: “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can be held against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning, if you wish. Do you understan…oh, wait. One more thing: You have the right to have the citizens of this county pay your bail.”
According to KIRO 7, “King County [Washington] is moving forward with a plan that would use taxpayer money to facilitate efforts to pay bail for low-income people.” Basically, crime suspects. There is at least one private organization that already pays bail for “poor” people arrested in King and Snohomish Counties—using private funds. Private, as it should be.
As incredible as it sounds, criminals may now victimize King County crime victims twice. Once when the criminal commits a crime against them and then when the county uses their tax money to bail out the person who allegedly stole from them, assaulted them, or damaged or trespassed on their property.
A King County sheriff’s deputy speaking with Jason Rantz on his KTTH 770 radio show puts the lunacy in perspective. “It’s frustrating enough that King County is legalizing criminal behavior, such as not charging people for drug possession.” He continued, “But now King County wants to take it even further and start posting bail for people. The only people that suffer are law-abiding citizens.”
So, King County has already established “social justice” (anti-equal justice) policies where prosecutors do not charge “low-level” offenders for all kinds of crime, including drug sales and public use. Nevertheless, cops were still making arrests. For King County government, that’s apparently a problem. But not for long. County Executive Dow Constantine and County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg to the rescue (or, more precisely, whatever is the exact opposite of rescue). Now, if a deputy makes an arrest, not only will the county prosecutor not charge the criminal but also the county will pay his bail. How nice. Then these folks can repay the county’s virtue signaling, pseudo-largesse by getting right back out there, you know…to commit more crimes.
For which they won’t be arrested, won’t be charged, but will be released on bail paid by county taxpayers.
