Legal Insurrection recently reported that as many as 1,700 National Guard troops will be deployed across 19 states in the coming weeks to support the Department of Homeland Security in President Donald Trump’s nationwide initiative targeting illegal immigration and crime.
This move shows that our major cities have been bereft of serious law enforcement for decades, and this situation was worsened in the wake of the BLM summer. It is wonderful news that the Trump administration considers crime control a serious matter.
For too long, the gang culture has been grooming young children and teens for a life of violence, theft, and death. Not only have their real talents and potential been squandered, but their actions have also destroyed the lives of many of their victims.
I wanted to share a recent story that crossed my screen and broke my heart. A former U.S. Space Force sergeant, Orest Schur, was convicted and sentenced to 54 years in prison for the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Xavier Kirk and the wounding of a 13-year-old boy, both unarmed, during a suspected carjacking incident in Aurora, Colorado.
A former US Space Force sergeant who fired multiple rounds at two suspected carjackers outside his home, killing a 14-year-old, has been sentenced to over half a century in jail.Orest Schur, 29, became emotional as he apologized for murdering 14-year-old Xavier Kirk before he was sentenced to 54 years in prison for the 2023 fatal shooting, the Adams and Broomfield Counties District Attorney’s Office announced.“I am sorry for the events that occurred that night, for the pain, for the grief and trauma that have followed and for the impact that my case had on so many lives,” a tearful Schur told an Aurora, Colo., courtroom on Aug. 15.The deadly shooting also left a 13-year-old hospitalized.
At the time of the incident, Schur, then a technical sergeant with the US Space Force, was based in Aurora.
Because the courts, especially in the bluing state of Colorado, have been so lenient, teens roam the streets to steal cars from hard-working Americans. The salary of a US. Space Force sergeant is maybe $40,000 a year…which is not a luxury salary in Aurora. Likely, the car that the teen was stealing was his sole means of transportation.
Now, because of what Colorado considers “justice,” we lose the talents of this Space Force serviceman.
The supposed logic behind Schur’s conviction is that “teens make mistakes.”
Prosecutors read a statement in Friday afternoon’s court hearing written by the teen who survived. It said, “An adult chose to use deadly force against two unarmed teenagers. That is not justice, that is not safety, that is not accountability. I survived, but I am not the same. My friend didn’t survive at all. And no matter what we did that night, I didn’t deserve to be shot, and Xavier didn’t deserve to die.”Before his sentencing, Schur addressed the court and pleaded for mercy, stating, “I am sorry for the events that occurred that night, for the pain, for the grief and trauma that have followed and for the impact that my case had on so many lives.Schur will serve 36 years in prison for one count of second degree murder. For the count of attempted murder in the second degree, he will serve 18 years. The maximum overall sentence he could have received was 80 years in prison. The minimum was 26. He was taken away to begin his sentence immediately.
Those teens knew exactly what they were doing. Any compassion for them is misplaced.
And many are tired of the regrets for the “youthful mistakes” when they are expressed after the consequences have been unleashed.
Hopefully, Trump’s use of the National Guard will reduce the number of young people being groomed for gangland crime. And, hopefully, the National Guard will offer in-person examples of how wonderful a life of service and dignity can be. They should be considered ambassadors for a better way of life.
But mostly, I am glad to see an administration concerned about law-abiding, tax-paying citizens and their families. Their lives have value, too.
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