PSP EXCLUSIVE
LAPD Chief William Bratton admits he is not applying California's "Three Strikes" law
to many violent illegal alien gang members
March 1, 2007
By Michael D. Robbins
Director of the Public Safety Project
Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton admitted on an early morning radio talk show
that under Los Angeles Special Order 40, which makes Los Angeles a sanctuary city
for criminal and illegal aliens, he is not applying California's "Three Strikes and You're Out"
law to protect the city from violent illegal alien gang members and drug dealers who illegally re-enter the U.S.
Bratton was interviewed by KABC (AM 790, Los Angeles) talk show host
Doug McIntyre near the end of the 6:00 to 7:00 am hour. Just before the end of
the hour, KABC news announcer Rob Marinko intervened and asked Chief Bratton
if his officers determine whether criminal suspects are legally in the country.
Marinko's insightful question resulted in a damning admission from Bratton.
Unfortunately, both McIntyre and Marinko apparently failed to realize the
incredible significance of Bratton's admission and its impact on the gang
violence and illegal immigration crisis in Los Angeles. Neither McIntyre
nor Marinko mentioned the ramifications of Bratton's admission.
Bratton admitted that under LAPD policy (Special Order 40), LAPD officers
do not ask or determine whether crime victims or suspects are legally in the
U.S. Instead, Bratton explained, a determination of legal residency is made
after convicted criminals are sent to prison.
This means that California's "Three Strikes" law is not being applied to violent
illegal aliens including gang members and drug dealers who have been deported
and illegally re-entered the U.S.
It is a felony crime for an illegal alien who is deported to illegally re-enter the U.S.
This additional felony crime can and should be charged when illegal aliens are
prosecuted for other violent felonies, and used with those violent felonies
to accumulate the necessary three strikes for a 25 years to life sentence.
A police detective working for Inglewood, a neighboring city, has used this method
effectively to put some of the city's most violent gang members behind bars for 25 years to life.
California's "Three Strikes and You're Out" law was enacted in 1994 by Proposition 184,
a voter initiative that was approved by an overwhelming majority of 72 percent of the voters.
Many criminals charged under the Three Strikes law had substantially more than three
violent felonies when the law was first applied to them.
The Three Strikes law has been under fire from liberal soft-on-crime politicians,
organization leaders, and public figures who have been trying to weaken or repeal the law.
The law was enacted to protect the citizens from repeat violent offenders and the
liberal judges and prosecutors who reduced our criminal justice system to a victim injustice system.
Links:
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http://www.fulldisclosure.net/flash/VideoBlogs/VideoBlog22.php
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http://www.silicon-valley.com/3strikes.html
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