Electing Progressive Prosecutors Has Consequences

A car jacking took place yesterday in Oakland County, resulting in a woman being shot during the event. The woman was with her child at the time in the parking lot of the mall.

Click on Detroit: Man who fled after shooting woman in random Oakland County carjacking arrested following police pursuit

The Detroit Free Press:  1 shot in carjacking in Orion Township Panera, Old Navy parking lot

Fox 2 Detroit: Carjacking suspect randomly targeted mother, shot her before stealing car in Orion Township

 Do note that none of these stories identify the attacker, even as they note he is an "Ann Arbor Man" and is on probation for a prior violent offense.

Yes, you know why.

And the attack should never have been able to take place, as he should have been in jail at the time of this attack.

The Detroit News: Carjacker should have been in jail for prior violent attack, sheriff says

 The "Ann Arbor Man" was previously convicted for a crime committed in late 2024. Said assault consisted of hog-tying and suffocating a woman in Washtenaw county. He should have been in jail for the assault with intent to do great bodily harm in Washtenaw County.

But he was not.

Instead, he was released on probation, because of the Washtenaw County prosecutor's progressive policies. 

The Washtenaw County prosecutor is the woke progressive Eli Savit.   The same Eli Savit that unleashed a raft of progressive policies in the County like ending zero tolerance policies, not accepting prosecution for illegal items discovered during traffic stops and for minor offenses, and other progressive pro-criminal policies. For equity and racial justice, of course. 

This is the same person the Democrats are running for election this year as Attorney General of the State and who as Washtenaw County prosecutor.

So the criminal the progressive prosecutor let off on probation after assaulting a woman now went ahead and shot a woman. 

Democrats talk about a war on women, and they are indeed fighting it - but not on behalf of women.

Progressive Democrats Lying For The Cause, Yet Again

The Detroit News:Washtenaw Co. sheriff admits she posted inaccurate information about ICE arrests

When told about ICE's responses to her claims, Dyer replied that the information she'd posted on Facebook wasn't accurate.

A major problem is that the anti-ICE leftists, with a compliant and complacent propaganda department in the mainstream media, send their lies around the world long before the truth can even get its boots on. 

Yep, it turns out the Washtenaw County Sheriff was being less than truthful when she claimed ICE grabbed illegals at a school bus stop. 

The Revolving Door Stabbing Plan

More revolving door criminal justice in Michigan, this time out of Washtenaw County:

MILive: Man sentenced to year in jail, 2 years probation for slashing man’s neck

A man who pleaded guilty to slicing a man’s neck in downtown Ann Arbor will spend roughly 90 days in jail.

Kimani Angelo Hamilton, 30, was sentenced to one year in jail and two years of probation after he pleaded guilty to two counts each of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault less than murder, according to court records.

And this isn't his first jaunt into stabbing and attempted stabbing. 

The other charges stem from a second aggravated assault around 1 p.m. May 26 near South Fourth Avenue and East Huron Street, Page said.

He pleaded guilty Jan. 28.

Hamilton has previously been convicted of a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery after he pulled a knife on a 35-year-old man while inside The Blind Pig, 208 South First St. in November in Ann Arbor. [for which he got all of 93 days in jail]

So he'll now be out in 90 days after slashing someone in the neck.  Any bets on how long it will be until his next stabbing will take place?

Release Criminals, Let Them Kill, Call For Gun Control, Repeat

Note well the article subheading puts this under "What to know about the growing threat of gun violence".

The Detroit Free Press:  Suspects charged with murder, child kidnapping in Northfield Township tragedy

So Shuvonne Vinson along with her criminal associates breaks into a house, kills two of the three adults living there, wounds a third adult, and kidnaps 2 kids.

Clearly a gun violence problem, right?

Not so fast.

The buried lede of her criminal record and how she has been let off by a soft-on-crime criminal justice system gets let slip, a mere 21 paragraphs below the headline:

Vinson's previous criminal history includes a 2017 drug possession charge, which she pleaded guilty to, and a February 2024 case when she racked up 13 charges, the majority of them involving weapons. She ultimately pleaded guilty in June that year to carrying a concealed weapon. All other charges were dismissed, court records show.

So, in 2024 instead of a nice long time in jail, after getting hit with 13 charges all are dismissed in July, except for a felony concealed weapons charge.  She doesn't get much jail time for that, if she got any at all - she's then released and free to go out and about and participates in killing and kidnapping less than six months later.

This isn't a gun violence problem, this is a progressive judicial system releasing felons with mere slaps on the wrist until they go out and kill someone problem.

Apparently, There Is A New And Exclusive Exemption To Michigan's Concealed Carry Laws

The State of Michigan provides for a nominally 5-year felony if you happen to unlawfully carry a firearm concealed without a concealed pistol license (or unless you have another exemption, but let's not race down that rabbit-hole right now).

There appears however to be a neat new exemption from full and final enforcement of this law when you're caught violating it.

Apparently it is unwritten so far in the statutes, but it is now colloquially known as the College Ball Player Exemption.

The Detroit News: Mazi Smith, Michigan defensive lineman, charged with carrying concealed weapon

The Detroit Free Press:Michigan football's Mazi Smith will 'continue to participate' on team despite felony charge

Yes, Wolverine football star Mazi Smith was caught riding dirty with a pistol and no CPL and no driver's license for that matter.

Given this happened in Washtenaw County, home of the UofM and a very progressive and very anti-gun prosecutor, who is publicly all about taking illegal guns off the streets, stopping gun violence, etc, you'd think the law might be enforced to its fullest for such a slam dunk "gun" crime. 

Think again.   

This is the same prosecutor that dropped the CCW Felony charge against B-ball player Emoni Bates. Given the UofM Wolverine's very winning season this year, Mazi Smith is an even bigger name than Ypsi's Emoni, and Mazi Smith is also Black as well, so I reckon he will get the same special College Ball Player Exemption to the felony charge.

Indeed Mazi is also getting the Wolverine special "Let him play ball with pending felony charges" because he's a "tremendous young man". You can't make that up.

Stay tuned, and we will see where this goes, but I know which way I'm betting as to how this turns out.  

Update:  Mazi Smith's charge was similarly dropped from a felony to a misdemeanor with 12 months probation with the entire charge disappearing from his record once he completes probation.

Athletic Privilege And Progressive Prosecutor Hypocrisy

Ah, progressive Washtenaw County Michigan, where a sports star at age 18 can get two serious felonies, along with driving under the influence of marijuana dropped down to a single misdemeanor which will then be completely expunged without any record upon completing a diversion program.

The felonies happen to be carrying a concealed weapon without a license (you can't even get such a license until you're 21 in Michigan btw),  and a felony of said firearm having defaced serial numbers (likely stolen with serial numbers removed to hide its origin).

The Detroit Free Press: Emoni Bates felony charges to be dropped, Eastern Michigan suspension lifted

We will note this deal is made by the very woke Washtenaw County prosecutor, the same prosecuting office that proudly states on their website:

The Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office is committed to ending the scourge of gun violence in our communities. Towards that end, we are committed to supporting efforts to stop the flow of illegal firearms onto our streets, and to prevent gun violence from occurring. Learn more about our efforts by reading our briefs and statements below. 

So, instead of prosecuting two slam dunk illegal firearm felonies after catching someone flowing with a very illegal firearm onto their streets, they have arranged for him to walk and be eligible to continue playing basketball.  

This may be in line with their stance on "equitable justice" as the criminal here is Black, but it sure as heck conflicts with their professed anti-gun stance.