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Category Archives: Crime
NYT: Even as Many Eyes Watch, Brutality at Rikers Persists
And I would have expected that kindness and gentility would rule the day at Rikers prison. How shocking that there’s hard behavior going on there. I would think they would all have tea and cucumber sandwiches every day and discuss … Continue reading
Another Reason Why I Don’t Drink
NEWS: TULSA – A night out drinking and an argument with his girlfriend nearly cost a Tulsa man his penis. Officers responded to a Tulsa hospital early Thursday morning where a man claimed his girlfriend attacked him while he slept. … Continue reading
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Michael Bloomberg Says The Purpose Of Gun Control Laws Is To Keep Guns Out Of The Hands Of Young Black Males
REPORT: An audio recording of a talk former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has attempted to block from being broadcast has surfaced online. The full audio of the Feb. 6 event, held at the Aspen Institute, shows that the … Continue reading
Ghettoside: A True Story Of Murder In America
Comment: On a recent NPR “Fresh Air Show” the host Dave Davies interviewed Los Angeles Times crime reporter Jill Leovy about her book “Ghettoside: A True Story Of Murder In America.” We hear a lot about all those poor innocent … Continue reading
Violent Black Teens Terrorize Upper West Side
In the off chance that these youths live in subsidized housing, their families should lose their apt. New Yorkers should not be subsidizing families who produce such drek. REPORT: There is nothing scarier than teenagers running amok in NYC (or … Continue reading
Black Crime & White Guilt
From Accuracy In Media: In 2013 alone, 49,851 officers were assaulted with firearms, knives and other weapons. Over the past 10 years, on average, 150 police officers have been killed in the line of duty every year. Fifty-seven of these … Continue reading
NYT: St. Louis’s Stubbornly High Murder Rate
NYT: “As murder rates fell in most cities last year, St. Louis suffered a major setback, and the cause is being hotly debated.” “Murder rates have fallen sharply in most of the country. But St. Louis is one of a … Continue reading
Police, Prisons & The Color Of Crime
From the 2005 book, The Color of Crime: America’s changing racial and ethnic makeup has played a role in the rise in incarceration. The number of Hispanic and non-citizen prisoners is rising faster than the overall prison population. In 2003, … Continue reading
Black Murderer Says ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot. Blacks Lives Matter’
When did the goyim become such wimps? REPORT: DETROIT, Mich. (WJBK) – Two Westland teenagers were murdered execution-style in a vacant Detroit field two and half years ago. Wednesday was their opportunity to address the men who killed their sons … Continue reading
Six Black Teens Beat A White Man To Death
REPORT: We’ve learned recently how hate crimes only apply if you’re the right race. Unfortunately, Pat Mahaney wasn’t the that race. Mahaney, a 46-year-old man who was badly beaten by six teens, died at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, … Continue reading