Introducing Kamari Pleasant. No, he is not Mr. Pleasant. He had a Glock with a full-auto switch inserted and fired off a prolonged burst at pursuing Chicago PD officers 19 full days after receiving probation for a weapons case. Surprisingly, the cops chose to arrest him rather than shoot him dead right away.
Then, something unfathomable was done by someone at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office.
He was put on trial.
Well, sort of.
They plea-bargained away 27 counts of attempted murder and ten other felonies ranging from felon with a gun, possession of a stolen gun, and possession of a machine gun to a single count of shooting at the police.
And a judge actually sentenced him to 12 years, which in Illinois prison years is more like six if we’re lucky.
CWB Chicago should be part of your daily read, and they have the story.
Just 19 days after Kamari Pleasant received probation for a felony gun case in November 2020, he was accused of firing a machine gun at Chicago police officers who chased him on the city’s South Side.
Pleasant, 24, has now cut a deal with prosecutors. They dropped 27 counts of attempted murder and ten other felonies. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm toward a police officer. And Judge Carol Howard sentenced him to 12 years.
So Mr. Pleasant will be out in a few years after spraying full-auto machinegun fire at the police, recklessly endangering who knows how many people downrange while trying to kill police officers.
And the blue cities of Illinois wonder why they have a serious crime problem.