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Breaking into a car? Dumb. Breaking into an unmarked police car while officers are handling a call nearby? That’s really dumb.

While CCBF’s publicity materials say it posts bond for people who “cannot afford to pay the bonds themselves and who have been impacted by structural violence,” court records show the group does not shy away from winning release for people who are accused of violent crimes.

A 16-year-old boy was charged with first-degree murder and robbery over the weekend as prosecutors accused him of helping kill and rob a pot dealer in Bronzeville last month.

Semaj Dixon, 21, is the 16th person charged with killing, trying to kill, or shooting someone in Chicago this year while on bond for another felony case.