A Kentucky mayoral hopeful is blasting the release of a young activist charged with trying to kill him, claiming the criminal justice system in America is “clearly broken.”

Craig Greenberg, a Democrat vying to become Louisville’s next mayor, issued a stern statement Thursday after the $100,000 bond of Quintez Brown, 21, was posted by a bail fund supported by the local Black Lives Matter chapter.

“It is nearly impossible to believe that someone can attempt murder on Monday and walk out of jail on Wednesday,” Greenberg said. “If someone is struggling with a mental illness and is in custody, they should be evaluated and treated in custody. We must work together to fix this system.”

Greenberg said he’s “traumatized” by news of Brown’s release, along with his staffers and family.

“That said, I trust LMPD to carry out this investigation properly so that the individual responsible for trying to kill me will be prosecuted appropriately,” Greenberg continued. “Regardless of what leads someone to commit a violent crime, there must be consequences.”

Brown, a senior at the University of Louisville majoring in political science, was arrested Monday on an attempted murder charge after allegedly storming into Greenberg’s campaign office and opening fire with a 9mm Glock handgun.

No one was wounded, including Greenberg, but a round allegedly grazed his clothing before he and staffers were ushered out of the building, police said Monday.

Brown, an aspiring politician, announced an independent run in December to represent District 5 for Louisville’s Metro Council. Years earlier, Brown also decried gun violence at the “March for Our Lives” rally in Washington in 2018 in the aftermath of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

“Honestly, now it’s very hard to feel safe at school, but where I come from, I feel less safe in my community,” Brown, then 17, told MSNBC’s Joy Reid at the rally. “This is a gun violence issue.”

Brown is also a former intern and editorial columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, where he criticized “gun-loving Republicans” in 2019. His $100,000 cash bond was paid Wednesday by the Louisville Community Bail Fund, which operates as an arm of BLM Louisville, WAVE reported.

As part of the bond agreement, Brown was ordered to home incarceration. He was released to the custody of his parents, who did not speak to reporters, according to the station.

Attorney Rob Eggert told the Courier-Journal Brown was having a mental health breakdown and had not slept for “days or weeks” prior to the alleged shooting. Police have said he appeared to have acted alone as investigators continue to seek a possible motive.

Like Greenberg, Brown’s release angered US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who criticized the bail fund in a tweet Thursday.

“Less than 48 hours after a far-left Black Lives Matter activist tried to literally murder a politician, the radical left bailed their comrade out of jail,” McConnell wrote. “It is just jaw-dropping.”

Greenberg, meanwhile, said he intended to keep working on reducing gun violence in Louisville and efforts to invest more in mental health resources.

“Mr. Brown and his family are hurting,” Greenberg’s statement concluded. “My family and team are hurting. I pray for everyone involved in this alarming incident.”