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Crime

Political items about crime.

Published May 25, 2015

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Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio dismissed prisoners' bellyaching about heat by pointing out that soldiers serving in Iraq cope with similar conditions.


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Marcus Dixon, an African-American teenager, was sentenced to ten years in prison for having had sex with a white teenaged girl.


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Passengers encountered by reporter on airline flight were proved to be terrorists making a dry run at assembling a bomb on-board.


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A film about serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka is in the works.


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Two British youths who killed a child named Jamie Bulger have been granted anonymity for life by the courts and were released in June 2001.


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Black leaders are planning a big event to honor Stan "Tookie" Williams.


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Policewoman Stephanie Mohr was unjustly jailed for loosing her police dog on criminals.


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Law enforcement group urges boycott of the video game 25 to Life.


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E-mail reproduces news account of the stabbing death of 17-year-old Anna Svidersky.


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The U.S. Congress includes several dozen members who have committed various crimes and other acts of moral turpitude.


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Two armed illegal aliens perpetrating a home invasion were killed by an 11-year-old girl.


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E-mail describes the brutal rape and murder of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.


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Petition seeks to ensure justice is done in case of mother who killed her baby in a microwave oven.


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E-mail and video describes the fatal abuse case of 2-year-old Kelsey Smith-Briggs.


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Six black students in Jena, Louisiana, were charged with attempted murder for a beating administered to a white student.


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E-mail describes the kidnapping, assault, and torture of Megan Williams by six white suspects.


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Anthony Weakfall, a 15-year-old who killed infant Imani Jennings, has been charged as a juvenile.


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Mug shots demonstrate a preponderance of Obama supporters among arrestees.


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A new executive order gives INTERPOL license to operate with impunity within the U.S.


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Article contrasts sentences given to Roy Brown and Paul R. Allen.


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Account describes the shooting of White Plains resident Kenneth Chamberlain.


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Bob and Nancy Strait, a Tulsa, Oklahoma, couple, were beaten and robbed in their home.


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The passage of HR 347 makes it illegal to protest anywhere the Secret Service is present.


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Koch Industries is paying the legal fees of George Zimmerman, the defendant in the Trayvon Martin case.


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A woman was arrested for trespassing for taking pictures of an airport tourist attraction from a publicly accessible area.


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Edward Krawetz, a police officer convicted of assault for kicking a handcuffed woman in the head is engaged in hearings to retain his job.


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A football player at Lancaster High School severely beat a gay student but was not charged with a crime.


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Photograph shows a woman named Mallory Owens who was severely beaten because she is a lesbian.


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The series Amish Mafia depicts the real-life exploits of Lancaster County "fixers."


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Dr. Kermit Gosnell is on trial on charges of having committed illegal late-term abortions.


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An 18-year-old student named Cameron D'Ambrosio was arrested on terrorism charges over comments he posted to Facebook.


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A division of the U.S. Department of Justice organized rallies calling for the arrest and prosecution of George Zimmerman.


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Account describes the shooting death of Antonio West.


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President Obama has "filed federal charges against George Zimmerman."


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Graphic compares the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Marley Lion.


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Musical acts have declined to perform in Florida over that state's "stand your ground" law.


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Roderick Scott was acquitted after shooting a teenager who was breaking into cars.


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A man named Anthony Southern is wanted by police for beating a 17-month-old child.


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O.J. Simpson was caught stealing cookies in prison.


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Video shows a woman wanted by the FBI for torturing a baby.


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The 2-year-old son of NFL star Adrian Peterson has died as the result of an apparent beating.


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A 60-year-old woman killed two teenagers who were attempting to make her a "knockout game" victim.


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A father was sentenced to jail for paying too much child support.


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Gospel singer Marvin Sapp is linked to the disappearance of Dr. Teleka Patrick.


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Former Navy SEAL Chris Heben was shot after a parking lot altercation and drove himself to the hospital after pursuing his assailant[s].


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NFL quarterback Peyton Manning was arrested on drug charges.


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Killed Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown had a lengthy arrest record.


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Bill Cosby has engaged in sexual misconduct with thirteen different women but has settled such claims out of court to avoid prosecution.


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Kaldrick Donald was shot and killed after his mother called police for assistance in transporting him to a mental hospital.


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Image depicts Mike Brown pointing a gun while holding money in his mouth.


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St. Louis prosecutor Robert McCulloch runs a charity called Backstoppers that sold "I support Ofc. Darren Wilson" shirts to raise money for the policeman's defense fund.


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Deandre Joshua, a 20-year-old man who was killed in Ferguson, Missouri, was a grand jury witness in the Mike Brown case?


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Image depicting Mike Brown's mother and her boyfriend (not his father) provides a truthful description of the teen's home life.


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Video depicts Mike Brown assaulting an elderly man over a stolen backpack.


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ABC paid Darren Wilson $500,000 for his interview with George Stephanopoulos.


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Illinois has made it a felony for its citizens to record the activities of police.


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Greenpeace irreparably damaged Peru's historic Nazca lines during a publicity stunt.


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The murder of Georgia youth Keith Passmore has been ignored by the media because the victim was white.


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The Heartless Felons gang issued an order to kill all white police officers.


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A man was ordered to pay $30,000 in support for a child that DNA testing proved was not his.


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Mike Brown's mother posted comments to Twitter and Facebook celebrating an incident during which two police officers were shot in Ferguson.


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Deputy Scott Wood was shot, and the shooting was not widely reported.


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An Oregon man was recently jailed for collecting rainwater on his own property.


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ISIS has been recruiting children in Indiana to join a group called 'Daesh.'


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Earth Day co-founder Ira Einhorn composted his murder victim's body.


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Freddie Gray, who died from injuries he sustained while in police custody on 12 April 2015, had a lengthy arrest record.


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Freddie Gray was injured in a car accident prior to his arrest and death.


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Blue streetlights are an effective deterrent to suicide and crime.


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Black Panthers are planning to kill white students and teachers on 9/11.


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A Harker Heights High School student was mistreated after a fellow student destroyed her hair with super glue.



David Mikkelson founded the site now known as snopes.com back in 1994.

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