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Getting violent offenders off the streets, sticking up for himself earlier morning. listen. >> gun crime is on the rise, domestic violence is on the rise, sexual assaults. thats whats going on with the status quo, so we know we need a change to address that. expect way we need to do that, partnered with public safety measures, is to invest in our communities. >> reporter: on friday the new commissioner reportedly sending an e-mail expressing major concerns over their safety with these changes. s...

Official, this gives me a unique perspective of whats going on. i get to see it and i understand it. whats going on is the judges arent taking in consideration these -- the violent criminal history of these offenders and they are releasing them back into the community on an extremely low bond or a taxpayer funded free bond without any supervision. they go right back into the community, committing their crimes and murdering our citizens. >> steve: and so, you want to start filing grievances again...

Charles galloway was killed after apparent traffic stop and killer is still on the run. we are seeing this everywhere. i have good friends that are in fire departments in new jersey, i have friends that are cops and they need to know that leadership is behind them. the administration hasnt spoken out about the crime crisis enough. here in harris county our county judge hidalgo encourages our district court judges to continue to release offenders, violent offenders on multiple bonds. our district...

The fatality rate has risen for the first time in a0 years. yeah. is that because there are fewer police officers out there? yeah, we think so. 1,600 people die on uk roads every year. the police say roads policing remains a priority. but panorama found key methods of catching offenders have been reduced. in the last decade, the number of breathalyser tests have been cut by more than 50%. and freedom of information responses from 26 forces reveal almost half of their fixed speed cameras are not ...

Its easy to play cold for everything. its played a role. it shut down the courts. it caused jails to be emdid pretty quickly. i doubt if they really screened the individuals that were being released that closely, some of these violent offenders were released or placed on home confinement, and so forth. i think all those combined played a role. you have some prosecutors reluctant to go after people ill locally carrying guns when had one hearing in philadelphia that made a statement, there is no c...

>> so violent crime in major cities is completely out of control. thousands are dying. dying this weekendld in chicago, for example, an eight year old girl waser murdered. >> theres a local news reportne telling what happened. eight year old melissa ortega b dead after being struckor by stray gunfire. accordingdi to police. witnesses say her mom was seen covered in blood outside fifth third bank along was twenty six . street detectives say the offenders were dropped off to the area and confronte...

Of illegal guns into big cities. >> the police department is doing their job, taking thousands of guns off the streets. yet each time you take a gun off, theres a constant flow of new guns coming here. >> reporter: the nypd bringing back a plainclothes anti-gun unit this week to target known offenders. new york city is not alone. nationwide, a sharp rise in gun violence. already this year, excluding suicides, more than 1,100 people in the u.s. have died from gun violence. and at least 17 officer...

>> thank you, your honor. our second motion is a motion to declare unconstitutional the mandatory life sentence for felony murder for discreet class of offenders and alternative motion to bar in position of life sentence. the previous motion addressed whether or not mr. bryan was eligible under the eighth amendment for a sentence of life without parole. this motion challenges whether mr. bryan can be sentenced to a mandatory life sentence for felony murder, both as a class of individuals, who ha...

Control with smash and grab robbery and car jackings on the rise and doing away with strict bail policy. 113 defendants have been charged with capital murder after being released on bond. statement from houston crimestoppers reveals we were seeing habitual offenders being released on no bond or low bond. it is the epicenter for bail reform run amuck. one victims son asked if one capital murder case is not enough to keep somebody behind bars, what is? todd, kevin, back to you. >> kennedy: we appr...

For a few days, and theres so much controversy already. he says hes not soft on crime and plans to go after violent criminals just without destroying the lives of low-level offenders. this morning we were there as he joined the reverend al sharpton to speak about his controversial plan to cut back on crime. in this memo you see here bragg advising his office to not prosecute some hoe-level misdemeanors like marijuana possession, prostitution and resisting arrest. after the big pushback, the da n...