San Jose, Calif. Mayor, Police Chief Call For Change To Sanctuary Policyhttps://www.oann.com/san-jose-calif-mayor-police-chief-call-for-change-to-sanctuary-policy/City leaders in San Jose, California are urging the Santa Clara County to take action after it was discovered the suspect in a recent church stabbing was an illegal immigrant who had been deported multiple times.
While speaking at press conference last week, Mayor Sam Liccardo and Police Chief Eddie Garcia appealed to officials to reconsider the counties sanctuary city policy while condemning the actions of 32-year-old Fernando Jesus Lopez-Garcia.
On November 22, two people were killed when Lopez-Garcia allegedly walked into Grace Baptist Church and stabbed five innocent people. Luckily, a responding officer was able to arrest the armed and dangerous suspect shortly after the attack.
Chief Garcia said Lopez-Garcia should have been detained by federal authorities given his violent and criminal background.
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“Currently, Santa Clara County policy prohibits responding to immigration detainors, which allow the suspects to be released,†said Chief Garcia. “Suspect Lopez was also released by a judge following the same domestic violence arrest in Santa Clara despite having a violent history.â€
Mayor Liccardo also slammed the county’s sanctuary policies by stating he couldn’t understand how Lopez-Garcia was originally released despite the district attorney’s opposition.
Plus or minus Chief Garcia, I do not think this is pols talking common sense. This is pols whose threshold of pain got crossed because a PC-protected-criminal killed two
even-more-PC people, a homeless person and a shelter volunteer. IOW, a
Hierarchy of Victimhood thing, not a protect the citizens thing.