We’ve heard of second, third, and even fourth chances, but 11?
Last Friday, Bronx Judge Craig Ortner scolded Tammie Moore, a woman accused of assaulting an elderly woman in an unprovoked attack, stating that her alleged crime was “egregious” and warning her that she was “out of chances.”
Despite prosecutors’ request for $30,000 cash bail or $90,000 bond, Ortner released Moore on “supervised release.”
It seems that being “out of chances” means: We might start taking your crimes seriously REAL soon now.
Or maybe not.
Moore had 10 prior arrests before this assault, yet she was still roaming the streets; she likely isn’t too concerned about facing any consequences for her actions.
She, like many other law-breakers in New York City, is aware that criminals are handled with leniency, while victims are simply casualties of the left’s push for “justice reform.”
Moore’s alleged co-assailant, boyfriend William Ballinger, was also released without bail by another judge, Eugene Bowen, despite his eight prior arrests, including for drunk driving.
The pair, both 32, supposedly assaulted the 82-year-old victim multiple times, throwing her on the ground and stomping on her, resulting in her hospitalization.
If such heartless violence doesn’t warrant incarceration, then what does?
Allowing two accused attackers back onto the streets is disgraceful, but it seems to pass as “justice” in the eyes of far too many liberal-leaning New York judges.
However, these judges are the result of the same political systems that elect the legislators creating our lenient laws.
Accountability for violent law-breakers in New York’s justice system will only begin when voters hold the officials responsible.
New York City’s crime crisis must be addressed at the voting booth because it’s clear that the courts aren’t resolving it.
