{"id":183,"date":"2022-09-09T20:42:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2022-09-09T20:42:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:42:46","slug":"rethinking-criminal-justice-9-time-felon-and-anti-violence-worker-out-on-affordable-bail-shoots-himself-in-the-ass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking Criminal Justice: 9-Time Felon and &#8216;Anti-Violence&#8217; Worker, Out on Affordable Bail, Shoots Himself in the Ass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting.jpg\" data-caption=\"Image via Chicago Police Twitter\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"465\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-696x465.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-696x465.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-629x420.jpg 629w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting-560x374.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Chicago-Police-shooting.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Chicago Police shooting\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Chicago Police Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Welcome to the Land of Lincoln where Democrat politicians love to protect criminals while ignoring their victims. Sometimes, however, Darwin smiles down upon us. Last week, a nine-time felon who was out on affordable bail on his latest felony charges, shot himself in the ass at a gas station while adjusting his pants.<\/p>\n<p>Even more remarkable is the perforated perp worked for a taxpayer-supported \u201canti-violence\u201d non-profit. Those tax dollars are allegedly spent to prevent bad guys \u2014 like convicted felons who illegally possess firearms \u2014\u00a0 from shooting one another.<\/p>\n<p>Technically shooting one\u2019s self in the ass might actually qualify as preventing future \u201cgun violence\u201d so maybe this is a big win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">#31: An anti-violence worker (and 9-time convicted felon) accidentally shot himself in the butt at a Bucktown gas station while on felony bail, then lied about what happened, prosecutors say.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xgMq2OqEeM\">https:\/\/t.co\/xgMq2OqEeM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CWBChicago (@CWBChicago) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CWBChicago\/status\/1563133406069698561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>CWB Chicago <\/em>has <a href=\"https:\/\/cwbchicago.com\/2022\/08\/31-anti-violence-worker-whos-also-a-9-time-felon-shot-himself-in-the-butt-at-a-bucktown-gas-station-while-on-felony-bail-prosecutors-say.html\">the story<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>A nine-time convicted felon who was on felony bail for allegedly battering an Illinois State trooper during a protest that featured Chicago\u2019s \u201cDreadhead Cowboy,\u201d accidentally shot himself in the butt at a Bucktown gas station, and then lied about what happened, prosecutors said Thursday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Gregory Sherman, 43, works full-time as an anti-violence worker, \u201cout there on the street, trying to lower the criminal and dangerous issues that are going on in our community,\u201d his private defense attorney said. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>On July 9, Sherman walked into St. Elizabeth Hospital after a bullet passed entirely through his left butt cheek and struck his right foot, Assistant State\u2019s Attorney Steven Haamid said. He allegedly told Chicago cops that he had been closing a dispensary in the 1500 block of North Milwaukee when there was a fight outside, and someone fired shots, striking him as he walked by. \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Surveillance video from the gas station allegedly showed a flash around Sherman\u2019s back pocket area as he adjusted his pants while waiting in line.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Note that according to CWB Chicago, Sherman is the 31st person accused of shooting or killing someone while out on affordable bail. We all know how gun control advocates love to justify their futile laws by saying, \u201cIf it saves just one life\u2026.\u201d That sound you don\u2019t hear is their deafening silence reacting to the \u201cgun violence\u201d and innocent people who are victimized by those walking the streets on \u201caffordable bail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Mr. Sherman \u2014 the nine-time, soon to be 11-time \u2014 loser was sentenced to four 10-year sentences in 2015 for holding up taxis, yet there he was, packing heat on the streets of Chicago while out on bail for aggravated battery of a peace officer. So don\u2019t waste your pity on this fool who shot himself while adjusting his gat. It\u2019s only a shame he didn\u2019t practice appendix carry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/rethinking-criminal-justice-9-time-felon-and-anti-violence-worker-out-on-affordable-bail-shoots-himself-in-the-ass\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Chicago Police Twitter Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Welcome to the Land of Lincoln where Democrat politicians love to protect criminals while ignoring their victims. Sometimes, however, Darwin smiles down upon us. 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