All over America liberal and progressive elected officials have rushed to release dangerous criminals from local jails during the COVID19 epidemic.
Texas, New York, and, of course, Florida, were all states where potentially violent inmates were set free from their jail cells in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Not surprisingly, one of those criminals has now been accused of murder.
This is what happens when the government puts the criminal's safety before the safety of the general public.
A Florida inmate who was let out of jail due to coronavirus concerns is accused of committing a murder the day after he was released.
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested 26-year-old Joseph Edward Williams for a homicide that happened in Tampa, Florida on March 20.
He is facing a second-degree murder charge along with resisting an officer with violence, felon in possession of a firearm, possession of heroin and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Williams was just recently booked into jail on March 13 for possession of heroin, a third-degree felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a first-degree misdemeanor.
He was one of more than 100 inmates released from custody until trial on March 19 in an effort to lower the risk of the spread of COVID-19 within the Hillsborough County detention facilities and to protect the inmates, deputies and civilian staff working within the jails.
He was previously convicted of two felony offenses including burglary of an unoccupied conveyance in 2012 and felon in possession of a firearm in 2018, in addition to five misdemeanor convictions.
Throughout the course of his criminal history, Williams has been arrested for 35 charges in total.