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For convicted sex offender at $50,000. he is accused of assaulting a teen, previous judge recommended bond be set at one million dollars. austin police officer calling it unconscionable. >> this person could get out of jail for $5000 and this person has a long history of sexually assaulting children, high-risk sex offender list on the database. >> ashley: austin police have no longer have the staff to monitor sex offenders after the city defunded the police department by a third and cut position...

Dealing. >> we know our first civil right is to walk safely to our corner store. but we also know that that safety has got to be based in our community and fairness and it cannot be driven solely by incarceration. we need to address our neighborhoods and safety concerns ap thats what weve set out to do. >> and he says thats what he ran on and he said he put that in print so he doesnt know why theres confusion right now in manhattan. now, on friday, n.y.p.d.s new commissioner reportedly sent an e...

Bill bratton slamming the new dal and brad for his woke policy with city violence, crisis. he predicts a further spike in crime and bragg says by decriminalizing just about everything you might see. his policies include shopping the policy trespassing and resisting arrest. this follows eric adams promised to return to broken windows policing after winning on it tough on crime approach campaign. in former new jersey governor chris christie who spent nearly seven years as a u.s. attorney is also r...

That the supply chain sorts out. as you heard from jeff with omicron, looking unlikely at least for the short-term. >> steve: you are right. grady, thank you very much with the live report from illinois. meanwhile, lets go to the east coast. the new manhattan district attorney is facing backlash over his plan to not seek jail dime for a bunch of different crimes. >> we have all seen the story of the person who is on their eighth arrest and people say well how did this happen? how did that assaul...

Right after new years and on day three, he issues this day one memo that gives a roadmap to criminals that outlines, being read by criminals not just law-ark biding citizens like you and me and outlines what you can and cant get away with clearly. it opens the door for criminality. i cheeked with people who work the streets and they confirm this. criminals know what they cant do. you know who pays the price? bodega, the mom and pop. braggs intention is to empower criminals rather than put crimin...

>> so debbie dvorak, john ease kid sister, could certainly see her brother responding to a solicitation like michelles. >> my brother has a great personality. hes an attractive guy and, you know, his personality makes him that much more attractive. >> then a few days after meeting online, they met in person at a local restaurant. >> he was charming. he was funny. talked about movies and musing and things that me and marty didnt talk about. >> john diamond was an army staff sergeant, based at ft....

>> manhattans new district attorney sparking an uproar. critics are blasting the new d.a. over his soft stance on crime. his violent crime rates hit record levels in several cities. alexis mcadams with the latest. >> hi, griff. this manhattan d.a. has been in office just days, but theres controversy around his policies. he spoke in harlem and he was invited by the al sharpton. this d.a. grew up in harlem and ran on these policies in the beginning and was still elected. not everybody agrees, but ...

Where d.a. bragg was speaking in harlem and he grew up and he knows a lot of people including reverend al sharpton. he says he invited d.a. bragg to address the controversy surrounding him since he took office just the other day and some of the comments that he said on stage, that guns are his top priority instead of going after criminals, but he says he does need to clear up some of the misunderstanding surrounding this. lets get to it. this is the video from inside. and addressing people from ...

>> what you have here is a d.a. who is abusing his power right now saying hes going to pick and choose what crimes he wants to enforce. >> reverend al sharpton responding think bragg is going up criminals about this and lives of low level offenders. >> a real prosecutor wants to be on the front side rather than walk people up on the backside. >> al sharpton called bragg yesterday asking him to come down yesterday and give addresses about exactly how the controversy thats been going on, bragg rel...

Misdemeanor, petty larceny as long as no one was seriously injured, and convicted criminals of weapons other than guns, felony charges downgraded to misdemeanors. what message is that sending to the criminal element in new york city? >> that the transaction costs of criminal activity have now gotten lower, and so crime is going to pay even more at a time in which inflation is taking money out of the pockets of americans, criminal justice policy is putting money into the pockets of criminals and ...