by Jeff Davis

A [1] news article on Cincinnati.com reports: “Douglas Robinson has been arrested so many times in the last two years – 74 times, to be exact – that social service agencies in the area put him on a list of people they wanted to help the next time he was arrested. That happened Monday, resulting in a maximum 90-day jail sentence on charges of solicitation and possession of illegal drugs. But when one of the agency people called the jail to make sure Robinson was held, he found that Robinson was already free — released due to overcrowding, much like the other times he was arrested. Hamilton County’s director of pretrial services, Wendy Niehaus, said it’s frustrating, but that she and her staff understand the difficult position Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis is in as jailer. ‘The sheriff has to prioritize,’ Niehaus said. ‘Is it Douglas that he keeps? Or is the person charged with aggravated robbery? That’s the bottom line.’ But when Robinson is released, it doesn’t improve the situation for anyone, she said. ‘He’s part of a marginalized population that sucks up resources, just not the right kind,’ Niehaus said.”

Sounds like the entire black population. Of course, the armed robbers are probably robbing in order to buy drugs from this guy. And what’s the point of having laws if you can’t punish violators? Clearly this guy isn’t deterred.

The [2] article notes “Robinson’s case is another example of how lack of jail space due to budget cuts affects the county’s criminal justice system on all levels. Every one of Robinson’s arrests has meant work time for the Cincinnati Police Department, which has its own budget problems. And since he never comes back to court as promised, judges and their staff spend time issuing warrants. Still more officers have to go out and track down Robinson again. Robinson’s criminal history dates to spring 2008, when he was kicked out of a homeless shelter after being accused of theft. Records show the 50-year-old Robinson became a chronic problem downtown. He has been arrested 73 times since, on 153 charges, records show. Mostly he’s arrested for panhandling and trespassing, sometimes also with resisting arrest. Robinson was arrested Tuesday on a charge of possession of drugs and tampering with evidence after Cincinnati police officers say they saw him on Pleasant Street with crack cocaine and a pipe to smoke it. Hamilton County Municipal Judge Ted Berry was so shocked when he saw Robinson’s record Wednesday that he asked if it was a typographical error. It wasn’t a mistake, courtroom staff assured him.”

And we wonder why our cities are in such horrendous shape? The bulk of the crime in this country is committed by minority criminals who are repeat offenders let loose either by the revolving door justice system itself or because the jails are so overcrowded wih black and brown criminals that there’s literally no room until they build more prisons.

There was a drop in the American crime rate for a few years in the 1990s and early 2000s due to “three strikes you’re out” laws and harsher penalties for serious offenders. These new laws kept many violent criminals physically in prison, thus making it impossible for them to reoffend. But now the system is breaking down thanks to the ongoing Depression. Politicians don’t want to spend money building more and more prisons or even maintaining the existing prison populations. California just released 5,000 prisoners and plans to release a total of about 40,000. One of these released “non-violent” prisoners in California has already beem re-arrested after attempting to commit a rape less than 12 hours out of prison.

As the Obama Depression continues and state and county budgets collapse, there will be more and more criminals released from prison as a cost-cutting measure. America is about to become a much more dangerous place.