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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Rich Miller

SAFE-T Act questions linger for Pritzker

Gov. J.B. Pritzker at a press conference on Sept. 14. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

“If we didn’t pass something, we wouldn’t have gotten anything from law enforcement. We wouldn’t have gotten a serious conversation,” claimed state Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, recently about why the SAFE-T Act was originally written and passed the way it was.

Ford was speaking about the cash bail provisions within the SAFE-T Act during a public event in suburban Forest Park, according to the Forest Park Review.

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