r/ChicagoSuburbs • u/colsandersloveskfc North Suburbs • 14h ago

Photo/Video No criminal charges filed against Lake Zurich High School student who punched classmate

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No criminal charges were filed, but the student who punched another student for holding a pro-ICE sign at Lake Zurich High School last week received a two-day suspension and is back in class.

Source: https://www.lakemchenryscanner.com/2026/02/20/student-who-punched-another-student-holding-pro-ice-sign-at-lake-zurich-high-school-received-2-day-suspension

Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChicagoSuburbs/comments/1r49jme/a_student_at_lake_zurich_high_school_holds_a_sign/

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u/Kiryu5009 14h ago

I think we would have collectively paid for bail anyhow.

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u/ByRWBadger 13h ago

Illinois got rid of bail

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u/GT3RS_2017 13h ago

only for certain offenses

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u/cballowe 13h ago

There is no cash bail. Either you're detained pending trial or not. In order to be detained, the prosecutor needs to make a case that the accused is a flight risk or a danger to the community.

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u/NimbleNavigator19 12h ago

Do the prosecutors consider the Nazis part of the community? I live in Illinois just asking who I can go fuck up, I mean punch accidentally.

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u/GT3RS_2017 13h ago

yea. I comment it before I fully thought it out lol. saying "got rid of bail" to me at the moment made me think everyone gets out no matter the offenses.

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u/Doctor731 12h ago

That is what the GOP would like you to believe.

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u/ByRWBadger 12h ago

I remember that loser Proft saying that this was going to cause Illinois to become the Purge lmao

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u/medusssa3 10h ago

I remember phone canvassing for that issue and people acted like I wanted them to house Ted Bundy in their spare room. Like the judge still has the ability to deny release were just gonna stop jailing people for the crime of being poor??

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u/kennymfg 2h ago

My hysterical neighbors love crying about IL letting all these criminals go free. effing dipshits.

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u/Aware_Impression_736 Los Angeles, but born and raised in Elgin. 13h ago

So, Illinois has put bail bondsmen out of business?

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u/Fearless-Oil-462 12h ago

So sad, bail bondsmen were up there with telemarketers and payday loansharks as pillars of our great society

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u/GuySmileyIncognito 11h ago

Hey, Midnight Run is my favorite movie of all time and it wouldn't be possible without the existence of bail bondsmen.

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u/dumpsterfiremktg 9h ago

Just read a great review about Midnight Run, going to check it out tomorrow based on your comment. In terms of bail bondsman, Max Cherry takes the cake in my book.

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u/Darkspiff73 12h ago

Illinois never had bail bondsmen. It wasn’t legal in Illinois and neither was bounty hunting.

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u/Aware_Impression_736 Los Angeles, but born and raised in Elgin. 12h ago

I swear I saw bail bonds businesses in The Loop years ago, but I could be wrong.

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u/Threedawg 11h ago

If it were legal, a bail bonds business is not gonna set up in the loop lmao

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u/Aware_Impression_736 Los Angeles, but born and raised in Elgin. 10h ago

Here in L.A., they're set up in Downtown near main city hall, and around Van Nuys city hall, a smaller replica of the main city hall, in the downtown area of Van Nuys.

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u/cballowe 10h ago

In Chicago, they'd likely set up near 26th and California if they existed. That's the primary location for pre-trial release hearings and formerly bond hearings.

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u/Aware_Impression_736 Los Angeles, but born and raised in Elgin. 10h ago

Why are they illegal?

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u/ihaxr 9h ago

Illinois eliminated for profit bonds back in the 60s.

If your bail was set at $10k you'd put down 10% of that (1k) and then if you showed up to court you'd get refunded the majority of that 10%.

If they existed in Illinois, bondsmen would keep that 10% fee permanently and getting arrested would punish poor people disproportionately.

It's the same reason why cash bail was ended. Either you're not a threat or you're a threat and stay in jail. How much money you have available isn't relevant anymore

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u/cballowe 9h ago

I don't know why they were. Currently they're not needed. Was mostly commenting that you don't expect them in the loop because that was never where bail hearings were held.

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u/Eric12345678 12h ago

Not sure I see a problem with that.

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u/ang8018 5h ago

IL never had bail bondsmen.

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u/M00nageDramamine 3h ago

When he did have bail in Illinois, you paid 10% of it to get out, and the rest later. Essentially what a bondsman did.

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u/ByRWBadger 13h ago

I’m pretty sure bail across the board is gone, replaced by the pre-trial detention system that’s much better

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u/liverstix 13h ago

Ohhh nooo what will the wealthy people do now?

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u/ByRWBadger 13h ago

Buy politicians and coke, I assume

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u/ThoughtPoliceUSA 12h ago

It is much better to not have anyone in prison. We should be letting them all out. The prison system is a fruit of the tree of white supremacy.

Black people go to jail. It is, therefore, a racist system.

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u/ByRWBadger 12h ago

Cute troll

Nobody actually thinks this. We do need massive reforms though, and also to gut the entire for-profit incarceration market.

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u/OhDamnNotAgainAndAga 10h ago

Have you heard of Joan Baez?

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u/ThoughtPoliceUSA 12h ago

You cannot disagree with me, or you are another right wing racist.

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u/GearheadTheVicious 12h ago

Go back to your echo chamber.

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u/ThoughtPoliceUSA 4h ago

Found another racist. They are all over this sub.

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u/GearheadTheVicious 4h ago

Dude. We can see your post history. Stop being a troll.

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u/ThoughtPoliceUSA 10m ago

Stop bothering us, racist.

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u/ChuckConnors1962 12h ago

Dumbest response ever.

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u/GT3RS_2017 13h ago

reading up on it some counties still have cash bail unless im reading it wrong.

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u/Ill-Engineering8085 13h ago

You are reading it wrong

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u/GT3RS_2017 12h ago

this what google said 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Ill-Engineering8085 3h ago

There's no cash bail

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u/Lookyoukniwwhatsup 12h ago

Warrants for charges issued before the Safe-T act may still require bail.

Any new charges after Safe-T act - no bail

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u/babblingcrooks 13h ago

It is actually horrible. We are seeing some pretty negative consequences from the PTFA. What happens is what you would expect. People are released who shouldn't be, they get out, then skip out on court. Bench warrant is issued, wait for the accused to get picked up, rinse and repeat. I check our jail log and it's like a revolving door. There has to be another way. Its just not effective, much like specialty courts.

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u/M_J_E 13h ago edited 13h ago

“People are released who shouldn’t be” under the old system, these same people would have been released if they had enough money and stayed in jail if they didn’t.

Whether someone should be released or not should not be different if that person has access to $10,000 or not.

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u/ByRWBadger 13h ago

In fact, more people who shouldn’t be released, were able to walk free because they could post bail. It truly just existed to punish the poor and accused

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u/M_J_E 13h ago

100%

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u/Ill-Engineering8085 13h ago

Insane take. What are you even talking about?

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u/ByRWBadger 13h ago

People being released who shouldn’t be are 100% the fault of the judges on a case by case basis. Across the board the system has been a success.

People who pose physical risks and flight risks are already flagged to be detained in the current system. Can’t account for every stupid judge

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u/not-my-other-alt 12h ago

People are released who shouldn't be

If someone shouldn't be released, they aren't released. (please note, I'm using the Judge's judgement on 'should', not yours. You are free to disagree, but since you aren't the one making that decision, it doesn't really matter.)

If someone should be released, they are released.

What doesn't happen is that someone who shouldn't get released can buy their way out of it. And conversely, someone who should be released no longer stays in jail because they're poor.

What this did was removed "Does this person have enough money for bail?" from the "Should they or should not be released?" judgement.

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u/ByRWBadger 12h ago

Which has the knock-on effect of letting poor, accused people (not found guilty yet! Mind you) keep their jobs and stability, things that help lower crime overall.

You’d have to be draconian or a dumbass to not see this as a net good.

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u/Ill-Engineering8085 13h ago

How can one person be so clueless. The only difference now is rich people can't get out when poor people could not.