Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2013

The Dangerous Link Between Lead Emissions And Crime Rates

The Dangerous Link Between Lead Emissions And Crime Rates: From 1960 to the early 1990s, the rate of violent crime in the U.S. rocketed from 150 to 750 per 100,000 people. Then it dropped just as precipitously, falling below 450 per 100,000 by 2009. A host of theories were been put forward to explain the turnaround: New crime fighting practices, economic booms and slumps, [...]/p

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Crime-Ridden New Jersey City Busts Police Union To Save Money

Crime-Ridden New Jersey City Busts Police Union To Save Money: A New Jersey city often described as the most dangerous in the country will no longer have its own police force, as a crunched state budget has intensified an effort to reduce costs by busting the local police union. Camden, New Jersey ranks among the most crime-ridden cities in America — in 2008, it had [...]/p

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Inmates Forced Into Gladiator-Style Fighting By St. Louis Jail Guards

Inmates Forced Into Gladiator-Style Fighting By St. Louis Jail Guards: A group of current and former inmates filed a federal lawsuit against the St. Louis city workhouse on Friday, claiming guards forced them to fight each other in gladiator-style combat. The class-action suit claims guards took away inmates’ food and privileges and attacked them if they refused to fight. The “Workhouse Gladiators” say they were [...]/p

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Man Tied Dogs To A Train Track, Will Get ‘Slap On The Wrist’ If Caught

Man Tied Dogs To A Train Track, Will Get ‘Slap On The Wrist’ If CaughtOf course, he wasn’t deterred by the risk of being caught entirely, and for good reason: Ohio has some of the weakest animal cruelty laws in the country. An investigation by Cleveland’s Channel 5 found that, while the vast majority of states make abuse a felony, it’s only a “slap on the wrist” in Ohio on the first offense

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Police Taser, Arrest Deaf Crime Victim

Police Taser, Arrest Deaf Crime Victim
"A deaf woman from Tacoma, Washington called 911 seeking help from police because she was being attacked inside her own home, but when she ran out to meet police officers, they fired a stun gun at her and took her into custody."