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In the last week, we had two seriously upsetting, and possibly
avoidable, murders. To the extent they could have been avoided is
indirectly a reflection of political attitudes and polarization
concerning immigration and homelessness and who should be in pretrial detention.

Both were on the far north side, the "safe" part of town.

The first made national news. A Loyola University student, a female
freshman, was shot and killed by an illegal alien with a known history
of violence. In the evening, she was simply walking with friends a few
blocks from campus when the man spotted them and began shooting at them.
I don't think her friends got shot. Trump commented about how it
justified immigration raids in Chicago, except that immigration
authorities made zero arrests of violent illegal aliens encountered on
the street. Everyone taken into custody was employed and supporting
families and often found attending immigration hearings.

The second was a man who kept returning to a building he used to live in
and shared an apartment with another man. Somehow he was allowed to
sleep in the basement, or kept breaking in, after he no longer lived in
the apartment. His latest return, he demanded to be let into the
building to speak to the former roommate. It wasn't even clear to me if
the former roommate still lived there, but it's not important.

From the indictment:

He entered the basement to set fire to a mattress, closing doors to
conceal smoke. He left. A huge fire ensued, and a fireman died as the
first floor collapsed and he was engulfed by flames of the mattress
fire falling into the basement. He had a young family and was a fourth- generation fireman.

Residents were typically calling police when this man came to the
building. Once he was a person of interest, police took him into custody
on an outstanding warrant. He was a serial arsonist and had other
crimes. I'm sure like all criminals of this type, at police encounters
and court appearances, no one checked for violations of past judicial
orders and warrants. The fact that this time, once he became the prime
suspect they looked for an order he had violated in order to hold him,
was of course unusual. Had he been held on past violations, he couldn't
have committed this arson and murder.

I believe he missed his arraignment because of burns he suffered from
yet another arson subsequent to this murder, which was likely both a
suicide attempt and an attempt to murder others.
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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

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The first made national news. A Loyola University student, a female
freshman, was shot and killed by an illegal alien with a known history
of violence. In the evening, she was simply walking with friends a few
blocks from campus when the man spotted them and began shooting at them.
I don't think her friends got shot. Trump commented about how it
justified immigration raids in Chicago, except that immigration
authorities made zero arrests of violent illegal aliens encountered on
the street. Everyone taken into custody was employed and supporting
families and often found attending immigration hearings.

The immigrant arrived from Venezuala in May 2023 and within a month had
a misdomeanor arrest for shoplifting. He missed a hearing in that case
so a judge issued an arrest warrant. I guess this murder investigation
was his next police encounter.

Again, in ICE street encounters, not a single person with pending
charges or outstanding warrants was taken into custody. Now, it doesn't
appear that this guy was known to be violent but still, who needs
someone shoplifting so soon after arrival.

. . .

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On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 19:20:18 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

I believe he missed his arraignment because of burns he suffered from
yet another arson subsequent to this murder, which was likely both a
suicide attempt and an attempt to murder others.

If as you say he was an alien, I'd recommend flying him home but just
before entering his "native airspace" tell him that they weren't given
landing rights there so he would have to use a parachute.

I'm told using a parachute without training is somewhat dangerous and
thus the punishment might well fit the crime.

(I'm partly joking but mostly not - anyone who would do what he's done
multiple times is scum and not being in the country legally in the
first place should be unable to claim the defences of the
Constitution.)
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On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:51:45 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

The immigrant arrived from Venezuala in May 2023 and within a month had
a misdomeanor arrest for shoplifting. He missed a hearing in that case
so a judge issued an arrest warrant. I guess this murder investigation
was his next police encounter.

Again, in ICE street encounters, not a single person with pending
charges or outstanding warrants was taken into custody. Now, it doesn't >appear that this guy was known to be violent but still, who needs
someone shoplifting so soon after arrival.

Is this guy an immigrant (e.g. legal) or an illegal?

The reason why I ask is 10 years ago my daughter emigrated to the UK
and it took her 18 months before she left Canada to get all her
paperwork in order. She's now a UK citizen, and with her British
partner owns a house which is unfortunately in a UK city rather close
to where most of the illegals crossing from France to Britain are
landing.

It's amazing the Royal Navy hasn't yet been called in even to pass by
the boats sufficiently close to create large waves...but Starmer is
far too generous by half and doesn't face the people till 2029.
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The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:51:45 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

The immigrant arrived from Venezuala in May 2023 and within a month had
a misdomeanor arrest for shoplifting. He missed a hearing in that case
so a judge issued an arrest warrant. I guess this murder investigation
was his next police encounter.

Again, in ICE street encounters, not a single person with pending
charges or outstanding warrants was taken into custody. Now, it doesn't >>appear that this guy was known to be violent but still, who needs
someone shoplifting so soon after arrival.

Is this guy an immigrant (e.g. legal) or an illegal?

Biden had a program for Venezualans, but it didn't give anyone permanent
status as there was no way to do that in law. Trump was deporting them.

. . .

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On Mar 27, 2026 at 1:50:12 AM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 03:51:45 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

The immigrant arrived from Venezuala in May 2023 and within a month had
a misdomeanor arrest for shoplifting. He missed a hearing in that case
so a judge issued an arrest warrant. I guess this murder investigation
was his next police encounter.

Again, in ICE street encounters, not a single person with pending
charges or outstanding warrants was taken into custody. Now, it doesn't
appear that this guy was known to be violent but still, who needs
someone shoplifting so soon after arrival.

Is this guy an immigrant (e.g. legal) or an illegal?

The reason why I ask is 10 years ago my daughter emigrated to the UK
and it took her 18 months before she left Canada to get all her
paperwork in order. She's now a UK citizen, and with her British
partner owns a house which is unfortunately in a UK city rather close
to where most of the illegals crossing from France to Britain are
landing.

It's amazing the Royal Navy hasn't yet been called in even to pass by
the boats sufficiently close to create large waves...but Starmer is
far too generous by half and doesn't face the people till 2029.

I've said this many times. England is an island. Its natural geography means
it should have a much easier time than most countries stopping illegal immigration. Does England have a Coast Guard? If so, they wouldn't even need the navy. Just blockade the Channel and turn every dinghy full of astronauts and engineers around and send it back to France from whence it came.

The British Navy managed to beat back the Spanish Armada, Napoleon, and the Nazis. Surely they can handle a bunch of welfare tourists.

And spare me the sob story about them fleeing persecution. They're coming from FRANCE, for gawd's sake. France is not persecuting them. France is rolling out the red carpet for them just like every other European country is doing in
some kind of spasm of cultural suicide.


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On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:12:13 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Again, in ICE street encounters, not a single person with pending
charges or outstanding warrants was taken into custody. Now, it doesn't >>>appear that this guy was known to be violent but still, who needs
someone shoplifting so soon after arrival.

Is this guy an immigrant (e.g. legal) or an illegal?

Biden had a program for Venezualans, but it didn't give anyone permanent >status as there was no way to do that in law. Trump was deporting them.

Thanks for the explanation even though I'm surprised Biden disliked
the now-previous Venezuelan government.

Trump is presumably saying "Since the coup and subsequent invasion
Venezuelans are no longer in physical jeopardy so therefore not
qualifed to be refugees. (Whereas Kiers Starmer would probably be
welcoming them with open arms)
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The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:12:13 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

Again, in ICE street encounters, not a single person with pending >>>>charges or outstanding warrants was taken into custody. Now, it doesn't >>>>appear that this guy was known to be violent but still, who needs >>>>someone shoplifting so soon after arrival.

Is this guy an immigrant (e.g. legal) or an illegal?

Biden had a program for Venezualans, but it didn't give anyone permanent >>status as there was no way to do that in law. Trump was deporting them.

Thanks for the explanation even though I'm surprised Biden disliked
the now-previous Venezuelan government.

Why the hell would you say that? The Venezualan economy had collapsed,
abd something like 1/3 of the working-age population had fled starvation
to neighboring countries, disrupting their economies. The only ones who
liked Venezuala was Cuba because it received subsidized oil from them.

Trump is presumably saying "Since the coup and subsequent invasion >Venezuelans are no longer in physical jeopardy so therefore not
qualifed to be refugees. (Whereas Kiers Starmer would probably be
welcoming them with open arms)

There was no coup. Trump was deporting them long before the attack.
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On Mar 28, 2026 at 11:40:50 PM PDT, "The Horny Goat" <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:12:13 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
<ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Again, in ICE street encounters, not a single person with pending
charges or outstanding warrants was taken into custody. Now, it doesn't >>>> appear that this guy was known to be violent but still, who needs
someone shoplifting so soon after arrival.

Is this guy an immigrant (e.g. legal) or an illegal?

Biden had a program for Venezualans, but it didn't give anyone permanent
status as there was no way to do that in law. Trump was deporting them.

Thanks for the explanation even though I'm surprised Biden disliked
the now-previous Venezuelan government.

Trump is presumably saying "Since the coup and subsequent invasion Venezuelans are no longer in physical jeopardy so therefore not
qualifed to be refugees. (Whereas Kiers Starmer would probably be
welcoming them with open arms)

He calls people coming from *France* refugees, for gawd's sake.


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