Crime & Justice
Minneapolis Shuffles Chiefs While Alabama Town Taxed to Fund Police
Progressive posturing leaves Minneapolis scrambling for leadership again, while Chelsea residents face a new tax just to keep cops on the beat.
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Crime & Justice covers policing, progressive prosecutors, repeat offenders, and high-profile trials — with sourcing discipline and no prejudgment of ongoing cases. We track how different outlets cover the same incident and what the record actually shows.
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Illinois Woman Alyssa Smith Missing After Trip with Boyfriend — He Came Home Alone
Mother says boyfriend changed his story while the system stalls and family begs for answers.
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Ex-Cop on Trial for Murder of Girl He Groomed From Age 12
Local authorities ruled her death a suicide. The feds saw a murder.
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FBI Arrests Arizona Man in White House Bomb Plot — Another Setup?
Another terror bust, another reason to ask whether the Bureau catches threats or creates them.
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St. Louis Bailiff Shoots Man, Keeps Job and Badge
A St. Louis bailiff shot a man in Ladue and stayed on the payroll while his license sits on probation — try getting that deal as a regular citizen.
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Flat Rock Bank Robber Nabbed — Wayne Prosecutor Decides If Charges Stick
Suspect caught with pellet gun and cash. Now Wayne County's prosecutor decides whether this bank robbery gets prosecuted or goes quiet.
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$1M Theft Nets 33 Months — Two-Tier Justice Exposed
Steal $1M from a family business, serve 33 months. Violent offenders walk. Equal justice is a myth.
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Three Cities, Three Shootings, Zero Arrests
A Baltimore officer hurt, a Detroit mail carrier shot, a Harrisburg man wounded—and zero suspects in custody.
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Loudoun Husband Stockpiled Hit List, Zip Ties Before Wife's Murder
He confessed, kept a kill list, stockpiled zip ties — yet Loudoun prosecutors started with second-degree murder charges.
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Cornell Misled Gang-Rape Victim as DA Quietly Killed Case
University police let a victim believe the criminal investigation was active — the DA had already killed it within days
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Queens Park Stabbing Death: Progressive Policies Fail Again
Two cities, two dead men, zero arrests — the policies putting violent offenders back on the street
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Gunfire Near Capitol, No Suspects: Ruling Class Can't Keep Its Streets Safe
Shots erupt blocks from the Capitol, police have zero suspects. The politicians demanding your guns can't even secure their own streets.
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Farage Firebomber Killed a Politician — Michigan Lets Threatener Walk
Britain failed to stop Farage's firebomber before he murdered a 78-year-old politician. Michigan let a presidential threatener walk on $10,000 bond.
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Santa Ana Cops Punch Probationer in Viral Video After Verbal Exchange
Viral video catches Santa Ana cops striking a probationer — another flashpoint in a state where hollowed-out governance fails cops and citizens alike.
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Tennessee Botches Execution: Christa Pike Alive, Shackled to Bed
The only person in U.S. history to survive a completed execution attempt, Pike is now conscious and shackled to a hospital bed.
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Nine Years Late, Faith Hedgepeth Murder Trial Finally Starts
Nine years after the UNC sophomore was bludgeoned to death, the system struggles to even seat a jury.
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Woman Dead, Baby Critical After Bronx Balcony Plunge; Witnesses Say Thrown
Witnesses say the pair were thrown. NYPD won't confirm. The systems that failed this family stay silent.
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Trump Approves Firing Squad for Fort Hood Jihadist Nidal Hasan
The jihadist who slaughtered 13 Americans at Fort Hood will finally face a firing squad — after Obama's Pentagon dismissed it as 'workplace violence.'
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Texas Teacher Wanted on Child Sex Charges Still at Large
Carrollton police hunt Lewisville ISD teacher charged with child grooming — district only acted after warrants were issued
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Ex-'American Idol' Contestant Gets Life for Executing Wife as Kids Slept
Caleb Flynn shot his wife in the back of the head and staged a burglary. A jury needed just 150 minutes to see through the act and deliver life without parole.
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Colorado Homeowner Faces Attempted Murder Charge After Shooting Alleged Intruder
Lafayette police arrested the resident after reviewing video; New Rochelle mall shooting suspects remain at large.
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Malibu Teen's Range Rover Kills Sleeping Chef; No Charges Filed
A 16-year-old speeding a luxury SUV crushed a working man sleeping in his parked car—and the system still hasn't charged him.
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19 Years to Catch a Teen Killer: Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied
A 10-year-old boy and his stepmom were slaughtered in 2006. Cops just arrested the suspect — who lived miles away the entire time.
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Botched Tennessee Execution Leaves Christa Pike on Ventilator
Christa Pike survived two doses of lethal injection drugs and now lies on a ventilator, exposing a state that can't even carry out death reliably.
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