A Chicago “peacekeeper” program — touted as a positive alternative to cops — has received $65M in taxpayer money in the last three years. Now, one of its community “peacekeepers” has been arrested and jailed for armed robbery.
Michael Nash — whose rap sheet stretches back decades with felonies of robberies and aggravated assault — was given a badge under Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2021 Reimagine Public Safety Act as a community service member tasked with de-escalating violence.
Last month, Nash allegedly, with a gun, stole $650 from a man and then used two of his three phone calls from the police station to call “Little Tony” to “deal with” the victim.
“Mr. Nash was making phone calls trying to arrange the murder while he’s in the Chicago police department,” said Tom Weitzel, retired police chief of Riverside, IL. “It’s not just one peacekeeper. There are several that have committed criminal acts while they’re working as a ‘peacekeeper.'”
Another peacekeeper, Kellen McMiller, was involved in a smash-and-grab robbery that resulted in a car chase death in September. He was active as a peacekeeper, despite having open warrants across Illinois and other states, Fox News reported.
“You wouldn’t hire them as a crossing guard,” Weitzel said. “But you’re gonna put them to be a peacekeeper to work with me? Forget it.”
In an equally leftist community, New York City’s incoming mayor, Zohran Mamdani, appointed Mysonne Linen — who served seven years in state prison for armed robberies committed in the late 1990s — to be his “criminal justice adviser,” to the chagrin of police and the horror of former victims.
Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, another Leftist more concerned about criminals’ rights than victims’, said recently, “We can’t jail our way out of violence.”
“Yes, you can,” retorted Elon Musk on X, citing graphics showing the dramatic drop of murder in El Salvador that corresponds to the dramatic rise of incarceration.
It is replete with irony that the Reimagine Public Safety Act is aptly named. Leftist, indoctrinated by egghead theories cooked up in universities, are imagining new ways to solve crime.
Criminals prefer soft-on-crime areas to do their deeds. They like to avoid places that actually have stiff penalties for criminals.
Sources: Fox News, others
