A former FBI special agent blasted Democrats Thursday for the “politicization of law enforcement” as crime has surged to an all-time high under the Biden administration.
During an interview on “Fox & Friends First,” former FBI special agent and former Navy SEAL Jonathan T. Gilliam told co-host Carley Shimkus about the impact of the lack of reporting crucial crime data on tracking violence in the city.
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“I try to stay neutral when I look at these things and say that this is a reason or that’s a reason without the politics, but the reality is, and law enforcement is becoming more and more beholden to leftist mayors and governors and even the president,” Gilliam said.
“So when we look at the cities where these reportings are lagging behind, we’re looking at predominantly liberal cities where the majority of crime is taking place,” he continued. “And they have a myriad of excuses, but the reality is the politicization of law enforcement is so out of control that we can’t even get real statistics.”
In 2021, the FBI was missing 40% of crime data since law enforcement agencies have failed to send voluntary statistics, according to Axios. This is a 15% increase from 2020.
“The problem is, if somebody is subscribed to the Democrat or liberal way, they are 100% across the board, local, state and federal, the exact same way in that they handle law enforcement and crime,” Gilliam said. “And as we’ve seen, they do nothing effectively even after this last shooting in Texas.
“They’ve come up with nothing that is going to be successful in stopping anything, so it’s just going to get worse,” he added.
Most recently, Democrats introduced the idea of reducing bail and minimizing punishment for criminals.
For instance, a crime involving a 19-year-old man from Orange County, Florida was able to get out of jail without any severe repercussions after randomly shooting at vehicles. The suspect only paid $3,550 to post bail, according to reports.
He was hit with a small bond amounting to just $3,550, but due to the bail law put through by the radical Left, he only had to post 10% of the amount to secure his release.
