After a far-left prosecutor failed to charge a teenager for killing a child in a car crash, he went on to stab a man during an altercation.
Conner Michael Iversen, an 18-year-old resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, has apparently been on a crime spree recently, but he has not been held accountable because of a far-left prosecutor.
Roughly three months ago, Iversen committed his first known crime, leading police on a reckless high-speed chase. Police officers were able to stop him using spike strips, but he was soon set free after being arrested.
Iversen later committed his second crime: killing an 11-year-old girl in a deadly car crash. He reportedly blew threw a stop sign at the intersection of County Roads 6 and 110 in Independence, Minnesota, crashing into an SUV driven by the Loycano family. Their 11-year-old daughter, Lilyana, was critically injured in the crash and passed away two days later.
Far-left Hennepin County District Attorney Mary Moriarty, who was elected on a platform of holding police officers accountable, had not yet filed charges against Iversen in that case, allowing him to walk free and commit his third crime in roughly three months.
Just 48 hours after Lilyana passed away, Iversen was arrested for stabbing a man in Golden Valley. The victim reportedly suffered multiple stab wounds in the back of his leg, and told police that Iversen also hit him in the face with a large stick during the attack.
According to the victim, he had picked up Iversen at a gas station “intending to help [him] out.”
Police found Iversen near the scene of the stabbing, where he had reportedly broken into a maintenance building. His body was covered in scratches and blood when he was arrested.
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Now, Iversen is finally being held in jail, though his bail was set at just $50,000.
Judge Moriarty, who was a career public defender before becoming a prosecutor, is finally facing criticism for her insanely soft-on-crime approach, even from people who used to support her. According to a report from the Associated Press, “only 18 months after beginning her four-year term, Moriarty faces fierce backlash, even among some former supporters. Her critics have questioned her decisions to seek lighter sentences for violent crimes in some cases and to divert more people to programs rather than jail.”
The criticism has been compounded by the fact that just a few days before Iversen’s third crime, Moriarty boldly shared a Facebook post claiming that prison reform equates to “public safety.”
