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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Wild weekend of violence spreads across the Northeast, leaves ten shot dead and dozens wounded as temperatures hit nearly 100F during heatwave
2022-05-24
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Maybe climate change is good.
  • Violence spread across the Northeast over the weekend with cities reporting dozens of shootings and homicides as temperatures reached nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit

  • In New York City, police responded to at least nine shootings that left three men dead and a 17-year-old girl injured when she was randomly shot in the face at a Bronx party

  • In Philadelphia, detectives are investigating at least 18 shootings, six homicides and eight stabbings since Saturday morning, and in Washington DC authorities are investigating the death of an on-duty officer

  • In New Jersey, a party advertised on social media spun out of control, with police from multiple agencies responding to the scene Saturday night in riot gear

  • New Jersey police arrested a total of 15 people - including 11 adults and four minors - and had to set a curfew for 9pm

  • Studies show that heat can affect humans' ability to deal with aggression
    We have many years of long, hot summers behind us, and no doubt more ahead. This difference now is that the police aren’t permitted to arrest miscreants, and even if they do the prosecutors won’t prosecute ‘em.
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  Tribalism! Just what the oligarchs want… kill each other and do not hunt us!
Posted by: Papa Cooky    2022-05-24 16:09  

#4  Don't blame it on the youts. It's global warming...er, I mean climate change.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-05-24 12:32  

#3  There is a new game called "Chicago or Pakistain" where you try to guess the geographic location from the headline. I picked Pakistain because it has been frosty here lately. -1
Posted by: SteveS   2022-05-24 08:48  

#2  Feral youts
Posted by: Frank G   2022-05-24 06:15  

#1  ...as temperatures reached nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit

Um - it hit 92 in my neck of the woods on Sunday afternoon. I suppose 92 is 'nearly 100'.
Posted by: Raj   2022-05-24 00:08  

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