Oct 14, 2026 · 8 min · 5 segments
Segment 2 - The SAFE-T Act Case-Terry King — Jack + Jon Handler — Chicago man punched a cop in June, released under Illinois’ SAFE-T Act, now charged with attempted murder in a September double…
Jack WindsorHostJohn HandlerHost
Okay, here's the record, [clears throat] reported by CWB Chicago, which covers the city's courts better than any legacy outlet in town.
June 24, Chicago police respond to a disturbance at 69th Street Red Line Station.
He's charged with aggre- aggravated battery of a police officer, and then he goes home.
Because under Illinois' Safe-T Act, safe, dash T, Safe-T Act, signed by Governor JB Pritzker, the Democrat there, in 2021, with no cash bail provisions taking effect in September 2023, aggravated battery of a police officer does not qualify for pretrial detention unless the officer get, get, get this, suffers great bodily harm.
That's right, aggravated battery of a police officer does not qualify for pretrial detention unless the officer suffers great bodily harm.
September 17th, 800 block of East 79th Street about 7:45 in the evening, prosecutors say King shot two men, 28 and 44 years old, stomped on one victim's head after the man collapsed on the sidewalk.
At the detention hearing, prosecutors laid out the record, multiple prior felony convictions, including unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, and Class X armed habitual criminal.
Judge Dierdre Dyer detained him on the attempted murder charges and for violating the pretrial release.
King is the 14th person accused of killing or trying to kill someone in Chicago this year while on felony pretrial release.
I mean, Jack, as someone who does this on a daily basis myself, this doesn't get enough press coverage because, frankly, Illinois is the, is the only state dumb enough to pass a cashless bail system, right? Now, it used to be they were...
I- i- an even dumber way of doing things was the way Illinois used to do it, and they used to say, "Well, you know what? We're gonna eliminate the bail bonds world, and we're just gonna have you pay the court 10% of what the bond is, and we're actually gonna give you 90% of that money back as long as you appear in court.
But if you fail to appear, you're gonna lose that money." Do you think they're vetting the people that are paying that 10% to guarantee that that person's gonna show up to court? Anyone can walk up there and pay 10%.
Okay, here's the record, [clears throat] reported by CWB Chicago, which covers the city's courts better than any legacy outlet in town.
June 24, Chicago police respond to a disturbance at 69th Street Red Line Station.
He's charged with aggre- aggravated battery of a police officer, and then he goes home.
Because under Illinois' Safe-T Act, safe, dash T, Safe-T Act, signed by Governor JB Pritzker, the Democrat there, in 2021, with no cash bail provisions taking effect in September 2023, aggravated battery of a police officer does not qualify for pretrial detention unless the officer get, get, get this, suffers great bodily harm.
That's right, aggravated battery of a police officer does not qualify for pretrial detention unless the officer suffers great bodily harm.
September 17th, 800 block of East 79th Street about 7:45 in the evening, prosecutors say King shot two men, 28 and 44 years old, stomped on one victim's head after the man collapsed on the sidewalk.
At the detention hearing, prosecutors laid out the record, multiple prior felony convictions, including unlawful use of a weapon by a felon, and Class X armed habitual criminal.
Judge Dierdre Dyer detained him on the attempted murder charges and for violating the pretrial release.
King is the 14th person accused of killing or trying to kill someone in Chicago this year while on felony pretrial release.
I mean, Jack, as someone who does this on a daily basis myself, this doesn't get enough press coverage because, frankly, Illinois is the, is the only state dumb enough to pass a cashless bail system, right? Now, it used to be they were...
I- i- an even dumber way of doing things was the way Illinois used to do it, and they used to say, "Well, you know what? We're gonna eliminate the bail bonds world, and we're just gonna have you pay the court 10% of what the bond is, and we're actually gonna give you 90% of that money back as long as you appear in court.
But if you fail to appear, you're gonna lose that money." Do you think they're vetting the people that are paying that 10% to guarantee that that person's gonna show up to court? Anyone can walk up there and pay 10%.
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