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1-Year-Old South Carolina Girl Dies in Burning Car After Police Say Father Abandoned Her to Escape Arrest
A one-year-old South Carolina girl died in a burning car after her father abandoned the car (and her) in an attempt to evade police after a high-speed chase in South Carolina, authorities say. Imhotep Osiris Norman, 26, faces charges of homicide by child abuse in the tragedy, which police say began Friday night when South…
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The One About the Time My Parked Car Was Totaled When It Stopped a High-Speed Police Chase Through the Streets of DC
When I finished grad school and got my first job in 2003, the first thing I did was take the first two paychecks I got and put a down payment on a 2003 Honda Accord EX. It was beautiful. She had the black exterior with the caramel-colored seats and wood-grain interior. She drove like the…
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NYC Man Plummets to His Death After Trying to Escape Police Out of Window
In a Facebook Live video, Jamel Chandler, 21, of Brooklyn, N.Y., said that he hadn’t been home for a month and that cops were knocking at his door to arrest him. In an attempt to evade arrest, Chandler tied together some bedsheets and tried to escape from a window of the 11th-floor apartment where he…
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Calif. Woman Who Struggled With Bipolar Disorder Shot to Death by Cops
Michelle Lee Shirley, 39, was fatally shot by Torrance, Calif., police as she approached a group of officers in her car, according to the New York Daily News. According to authorities, Torrance police responded to a series of 911 calls in which they were warned of an “erratic and reckless driver.” When cops found Shirley,…