Pritzker’s belated, disgraceful comments on Chicago’s latest sanctuary murder

Earlier in the week, we told you about the heartbreaking and enraging murder of 18-year-old college student Sheridan Gorman. Authorities say she was shot and killed by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant who was released into the United States by the Biden administration in the spring of 2023. 

Within days of his illegal entry, the murder suspect was arrested on charges of shoplifting in Chicago, a second crime in a matter of a few weeks. He was promptly released again, and federal immigration enforcement officers were not notified of his detainment, in accordance with Democrats’ pro-illegal immigration ‘sanctuary’ policies. He proceeded to not show up for his scheduled court date, a third crime, triggering an open warrant for his arrest. 

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That arrest did not arrive until after prosecutors say he shot a young woman in the back as she fled.  The suspect missed his first post-murder court appearance, incidentally, instead undergoing (presumably taxpayer-funded) treatment for tuberculosis at a local hospital. His contagious condition did not, apparently, prevent him from allegedly executing a young woman in an apparent thrill kill along the shores of Lake Michigan.

The murder happened in the very early hours of last Thursday morning. Many elected officials in Chicago ignored or avoided the story for as long as they could. Politically aligned media outlets such as CNN and MS Now did not cover it for days. Sheridan was gunned down in cold blood just after the calendar turned to March 19. The governor of Illinois, a presidential aspirant who signed a pro-criminal “reform” bill into law and mocked President Donald Trump for suggesting Chicago has a serious crime problem, finally made a public comment about it on the evening of March 23, more than four days after the killing. He tweeted, “Sheridan Gorman’s murder is a tragedy — and the........

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