crime
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Man Accused of Stalking Released After Children Recant Story
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at 8:38 a.m. EDT: Police have released a man accused of stalking two young siblings over the weekend after the children recanted their story Monday night, according to WPIX-TV. Updated Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, at 2:10 p.m. EDT: A man accused of following and attempting to abduct two siblings in…
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Growing Pains: Colin Warner Was Locked Up for 21 Years for a Crime He Didn’t Commit
Many people dream of their lives being made into movies. Maybe Halle Berry or Denzel Washington will play you in your epic life story. Colin Warner’s life was recently made into a movie called Crown Heights, but it wasn’t the type of biopic Warner was hoping for. The movie told the story of Warner’s arrest…
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Detroit Nonprofit Upset After Bounce House Company Refused It Service, Citing Crime in the City
The director of a Detroit nonprofit is trying to wrap his head around the fact that he was denied delivery of a specially requested bounce house all because of the city in which the organization is located. According to WXYZ, Deon Mullen, the director of the Franklin Wright Settlement, which has been in business on…
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The Saga of My Stolen Car: Shenanigans Ensue
The story of my stolen car doesn’t begin two weeks ago, when it was actually stolen. Like most stories, it’s much deeper than that. That’s what she said. Ahem. The story of my stolen car really begins back in August of 2012, a few months after I made the biggest purchase of my life: my…
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Texas Woman Fatally Shot Sleeping Boyfriend Before Dismembering His Body and Fleeing, Cops Say
A Texas woman has been taken into custody after police say she shot and killed her sleeping boyfriend before dismembering his body and running to Louisiana. According to KHOU-TV, Cierra Alexis Sutton was arrested Thursday night and charged with the murder of 32-year-old Steven Coleman, the Baytown, Texas, Police Department confirmed. Detectives say that Sutton,…
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I’m Black, Middle-Class and Surrounded by Crime
For somebody with multiple degrees, I’ve been pretty crime adjacent for a significant portion of my adulthood. I’ve also had several petty crimes perpetrated against me or those in close proximity to me more times than you can shake a stick at. For instance, one summer day, I got home to my apartment (the apartments…
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Okla. Man Arrested After Fight About Star Wars vs. Star Trek
An argument over Star Wars vs. Star Trek erupted into a WWE match and offered proof of why we need better police officers in this country. According to Fox 25 News, 23-year-old Jerome Dewayne Whyte (who—despite his last name—made it to the championship round of the Blackest Name Ever tournament) was arguing with another man…
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White Men are Winning at Literally Everything, So Why are they Still so Angry?
Who hurt you, boo? You should smile more. It may feel like the whole world is against you, but do all of you have to be so bitter? Look at all of your athletes and celebrities with astronomical success. You have special programs to get you into colleges and businesses based almost entirely on your…
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La. Man Who Shot Wife to Death After Allegedly Mistaking Her for Intruder Is Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder
A Louisiana man is facing a second-degree murder charge after shooting his wife multiple times after apparently mistaking her for an intruder early Saturday morning. Emergency operators told responding officers that the man, identified as 26-year-old Daniel Johnson, called saying that he had shot an intruder, but the intruder turned out to be his wife.…