Macon Reporter

Veteran Illinois state lawmaker Dan Caulkins (R-Chambana) has had enough of what he sees as the runaway lawlessness now plaguing the state.

“Another tragedy as a result of the so-called ‘Criminal Justice Reform’ movement,” Caulkins posted on Facebook after the recent shooting death of Chicago Police Officer Ella French. “Officer French was murdered during a routine traffic stop. 11 CPD officers have been shot so far this year. How do the Democrats in the General Assembly and Gov. Pritzker justify the atmosphere of lawlessness they’ve created?”

French, 29 and in her third year on the force, was gunned down earlier this month when assailants opened fire on her and two other members of the department's Community Safety Team as they conducted a routine traffic stop. Her partner was also hit and was initially listed in critical condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Police have since charged brothers Emonte and Eric Morgan in connection with the shooting, CNN reported, and both are being held without bond. In addition, Jamel Danzy, 29, earned federal firearms charges alleging he made a straw purchase of the semiautomatic weapon used in the attack on the officers.

Danzy has since been released on $4,500 bond, raising the ire of Police Superintendent David Brown, who blasted his release as an “outrage.”

"When I heard this afternoon that a federal judge had released the man who illegally purchased and then supplied the gun used to murder Officer Ella French, I could not believe it," he said in a statement. "This decision sets a dangerous precedent that straw purchasers like Danzy are not a danger to society, despite the fact that his alleged actions directly led to the murder of a Chicago Police Officer and left another in critical condition."