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A KILLER WALKED FREE, and now a young mother is DEAD. The so-called “justice” system has once again FAILED, releasing a violent predator back onto the streets where he carried out a BRUTAL, execution-style murder of an innocent bar owner. This isn’t just a crime—it’s a SYSTEMIC BETRAYAL of the American people.
Julius E. Burkes Jr., 47—a man with a criminal rap sheet spanning DECADES, including a FELONY MURDER conviction as a teen—was out on bond for a SEPARATE alleged home invasion when authorities say he walked into The Line bar in Momence, Illinois, and coldly executed 30-year-old mother Courtney M. Drysdale. She complied, she handed over the money, but he shot her TWICE anyway in a act of PURE EVIL.
SHOCKINGLY, this “monster,” as law enforcement labeled him, was roaming free due to the VERY SYSTEM designed to protect us. Records reveal a revolving door of plea deals, supervised release, and bond approvals that placed a known danger above public safety. While bureaucrats debate “reform,” hardworking Americans are PAYING WITH THEIR LIVES.
The chilling surveillance images tell a story of a brazen killer, clad in a bright yellow jacket, fleeing in a white BMW, attempting to destroy evidence. His capture 26 hours later is a small comfort, but it’s a VICTORY SOURED by the glaring question: WHY WAS HE EVER OUT?
This tragedy EXPOSES the horrifying truth about our nation’s soft-on-crime policies. A mother is gone, a child is left without her, and a community is shattered—all because a repeat violent offender was given chance after chance. When will the rights of VICTIMS outweigh the coddling of CRIMINALS?
We are living in an era where the streets are being sacrificed at the altar of a dangerous ideology. The blood of Courtney Drysdale is not just on the hands of her killer, but on a broken system that ALLOWED him to walk among us. Ask yourself: Who will be NEXT?




