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Why, people have asked (Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters) Baker is Lightfoot not still in jail? Why, on Monday, was he released on a $30,000 bond, meaning he needed to post just $3,000?
There have been so many questions from the public, fed by grief and outrage over the loss, that Baker said she believed the public deserved a greater explanation.
“It’s such an outrage to the public,” Baker said of the deaths. “We live in a time when people get upset. It’s understandable. This is a very upsetting thing that has happened in our community. It’s awful, in fact. It’s just awful.”
But as an officer of the court, she said, her obligation goes beyond what emotions alone may dictate.
“It is not about how bad you feel,” Baker said, “how angry you are, how mad you may be. It is about the cold facts and the law, put together, and what does it support. It’s not by choice, but by rule of law.”
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
'It's not about how bad you feel': Prosecutor on charges in death of KC officer, K-9
A Kansas City police officer is dead. His K-9 partner is dead. An unsuspecting pedestrian, just sitting by himself, is dead. And Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker, in a rare interview less than a week after the tragedy and arrest, has heard the public's outcry.
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