Rickie News | The suspect in the killing of police officer Ella French has been released
Chicago's top cop on Wednesday delivered harsh criticism to a judge for allowing the suspect accused of supplying the gun used in the murder of slain officer Ella French to "walk free," arguing that the criminal justice system must no longer do a "disservice" to her memory and to the thousands of law enforcement members working around the clock to battle gun violence "plaguing our communities."
"To say that I am extremely disappointed in U.S Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Gilbert’s decision to release Jamel Danzy on an unsecured bond today is an understatement," Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said in a blistering written criticism of the court on Wednesday. "It is an outrage."
Federal prosecutors accuse 29-year-old Danzy, of Indiana, of being the alleged "straw purchaser" of the semiautomatic handgun used to fatally shoot 29-year-old French once in the head and critically wound her partner, a 39-year-old male officer, during an Aug. 7 traffic stop at 63rd Street and Bell Avenue.
