Northeast News
March 4, 2015

Last week, 37-year-old Anthony Contreras made a court appearance in relation to his being shot in the face last June by police when he tried to flee from his residence in the 6400 block of E. 15th Terrace. Officers were attempting to serve a warrant at the address when the incident occurred. As a result of the shooting, Officer Jacob Ramsey was indicted by a Jackson County Grand Jury and charged with armed criminal action and first-degree assault. Never mind that Contreras has, count ’em, 19 other criminal charges facing him from a myriad of law enforcement agencies including Raytown, Independence, Clay County and Kansas City. Never mind that, in the ten-thousandth of a second Officer Jacob Ramsey had to make a life or death decision, Contreras, after (allegedly) being repeatedly ordered by officers to show his hands, reached behind his back and pulled his hands forward in an aggressive manner.

Welcome to justice, Jackson County style, folks. Some of the 19 charges against Contreras include — among others — resisting arrest, burglary, tampering with a motor vehicle, possession of a controlled substance, theft, and receiving stolen property. Contreras is free on bond. Let that sink in for a minute. Free on bond while facing 19 other criminal charges. Justice, Jackson County Style, courtesy of liberal judges and a system that systematically rolls violent offenders back into the community, despite space being available in the county pokey to house these lovelies.

This alarmist, little news-dog is ringin’ the bell folks. The time has come for community leaders to start asking why these violent pieces of excrement are continually rolled back out into the community to continue what is often the family line of work.

Time to ask why known sex offenders are systematically released back in to the homes where they commit their physical and mental carnage. Time for citizens to ask the county what kind of underutilized space is at the jail and why it’s not being used to incarcerate career evil people. There’s a reason criminals commit crimes in Jackson County and not Clay, Platte, Johnson or Cass Counties. They know that they have 19 chances, courtesy of the Jackson County Court system. Ask any Kansas City Mo., Police Officer how many times a village idiot has to be caught in an occupied stolen vehicle before he gets hauled off to the pokey. Their answer will likely astound and outrage you at the same time. This news writin’ canine believes that you, indeed, can arrest your way out of this problem despite Project NOVA backers saying the contrary. Sadly these days, however, the punishment part of crime and punishment is sorely lacking and we are not safer for it. But that’s justice. Jackson County style.