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<p>OK – so Trayvon is seeking a source for a powerful cough syrup, commonly used in his “culture” to make an intoxicating drink called “Lean” – also known as the infamous “purple drank/Purple Lean/Lean/Sizzurp.”</p> <p>“…Be very careful in trying to restrain the tripper, since she or he may perceive this as a threat, and will probably be mostly immune to pain...the tripper, like a cornered animal, could beat the living shit out of you without thinking twice. (!!) …”</p>

DENVER – Police are asking for the public’s help tracking down a large group of violent teenagers. They say 10 to 15 young people — described as black or Hispanic and both male and female — attacked four white men on the 16th Street Mall at about 10:45 p.m. on Sunday. Denver police say the men were standing on the mall near Arapahoe when they were approached by the group. After a conversation, the group turned violent and they attacked the men. ... In 2009 a similar series of attacks took place near downtown, on the 16th Street Mall and...

At least two gunmen armed with possible semi-automatic weapons opened fire outside a Florida nightclub early Saturday morning, killing two people and injuring 22, according to police.Hunt said the torrent of bullets seemed to be aimed at Goff who was outside, sitting up against the front wall of the building.

You've heard of resume inflation? You've heard of people who lie about having Ph.D.s or Ivy League pedigrees in order to get ahead? The world of thug culture has its own perverse equivalent, in which middle-class men with minor legal transgressions exaggerate their bad behavior, claiming to be hard-core degenerates in order to impress youngsters looking for outlaw role models. In this destructive environment, the more violent and predatory you are, the more heroic you seem. That helps to explain why a metro Atlanta hip-hop star known as Akon wove a tall tale of malevolence and criminal activity, claiming to...

Charges are pending against two teenage gang members who shot at students who had just gotten off a bus Tuesday afternoon, led police on a chase, crashed into another vehicle and later into a utility pole, Chattanooga police said. Officers are looking for a third suspect, a female, Chattanooga police spokeswoman Officer Rebecca Royval said. One of the male suspects in custody was involved in a shooting earlier this year at Coolidge Park, she said. Police responded to a shots-fired call about 2:35 p.m. at 3210 Through St., Royval said. Several juveniles had just gotten off a school bus when...

A judge revealed Wednesday what he called a disturbing motive behind the murder of Matthew Chew as he walked home from work in New London Oct. 29. Six teens appeared in court Wednesday to face various charges in connection with the murder. Reading from a sealed arrest warrant, Judge Kevin McMahon said the group beat Chew to death for "no reason" other than "because they were bored", according to a report in The Day of New London. Idris Elahi and Marquis Singleton, both 17, are charged with Chew's murder. Brian Rabell, 18, and three 17-year-olds, Tyree Bundy, Matias Perry and...

ST. LOUIS • Chief Dan Isom said today's shooting of four people at a St. Louis funeral home is the product "of an ongoing feud between gangs in St. Louis." Isom said conditions of the four victims are unknown. The funeral, at Reliable Funeral Home, in the 3900 block of Washington Boulevard, was for homicide victim David Terell Davis Sr. A woman who declined to give her name said she was attending the funeral when she heard loud gunshots. "Everybody started running," she said. The woman said she heard about eight shots outside the funeral home. Isom said he's not...

HARPER WOODS, Mich. – A dispute between two rival groups of teenagers escalated into gunfire Saturday when members of one of the groups opened fire inside a shopping mall, critically injuring one teenager and a clothing store worker as holiday shoppers dashed for cover, police said. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. at Eastland Mall, east of Detroit, on the heels of Black Friday, traditionally the kickoff for what retailers hope is the busiest weekend of the holiday season. The mall was closed for the night as police searched for suspects, said Harper Woods deputy police chief Jim Burke. The...

Authorities say an 18-year-old was shot and killed and two other teenagers were injured after a house party. Conyers Police Lt. Jackie Dunn said there was up to 75 people at the Conyers home late Saturday. They say people paid $3 each to get in. Neighbors called police complaining of the loud noise around 9 p.m. and officers left the area after they thought they broke up the party. But authorities say a fight broke out and shots were fired around midnight. Authorities say an 18-year-old was shot and later died from his injuries. They say a 15-year-old and a...

CONYERS — Two Atlanta men face charges in the shooting death of a Stone Mountain man who walked in on an armed robbery Thursday. The shooting stemmed from an 11:30 a.m. heist at the GameStop located at 1360 Dogwood Drive, according to Conyers Police Chief Gene Wilson. Giovannte Maddox, 27, and Demarkus Lamar Williams, 25, both of Atlanta were arrested in connection with the incident. According to police, the two men entered the store, locked the store and brandished a semi-automatic weapon and a revolver. They tied up a male employee in the back room and were in the process...

Teens from a of Brooklyn housing complexes are locked in an ongoing turf war that has left two dead and several others wounded in recent months, police sources said. The clashes began as innocently as staredowns, growing into fist fights and then gunplay. The gang wanna-bes - some as young as 12 - hang out at the developments separated by about four blocks. Police said the fisticuffs have exploded into gunfire between the Hood Starz, of Marcus Garvey Village, and the Brownsville Fly Guys, of the Marcus Garvey Houses. The two groups, police said, used to be allies. But there...

Bobby Tillman's heart was punctured as he was stomped to death by four teens at a Douglasville party early Sunday morning, the Douglas County coroner told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "What killed him was that he had a lacerated heart," Randy Daniel said. "The injury is consistent with a bone being broken and lacerating his heart." Daniel said the fatal injury would have come from someone stomping on the 18-year-old Tillman "because they're putting their whole weight on him as opposed to punching him or kicking him." Quantez Devonta Mallory, 18, Horace Damon Coleman, 19, Emmanuel Benjamin Boykins, 18, and Tracen...

OAKLAND -- Office buildings are emptying and protesters are gathering in downtown Oakland in anticipation of demonstrations today over the two-year prison term handed down to former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle for killing Oscar Grant. Grant's family and supporters expressed outrage at the sentence, saying it should have been closer to the potential maximum of 14 years. "The whole system is guilty!" a group of about 20 people chanted near the corner of 14th Street and Broadway, as hundreds of other demonstrators streamed into the area and to nearby City Hall. Many wore "Justice for Oscar Grant" T-shirts. A...

Dye pack and saggy pants foil bank robbery Suspect assaults 2 employees, flees without loot Tuesday, November 2, 2010 05:01 PM The Columbus Dispatch BANK PHOTOS VIA FBI The suspect takes cash from the bank. Sagging pants impede his getaway. A gunman's saggy pants and a bright red dye pack derailed a bank robbery this afternoon on the Southeast Side, the FBI said.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) - Indiana University Police in Bloomington are looking for a group of 5 men and 3 women who they say spewed hate speech at four students of Asian descent then beat and robbed two of them. The attacks happened in Forest Quad on campus.

<p>DENVER – Police are looking for six suspects accused of assaulting a Denver couple early Saturday morning at a Conoco station at the intersection of Alameda Avenue and South Broadway.</p> <p>The couple stopped to use the restroom when they were confronted by a group of five men and a woman. The incident began when the suspects began making sexually graphic comments toward the female victim.</p>

<p>A Halloween party for college-age guests in downtown Oakland erupted into violence early today when a gunman opened fire on a crowd, hitting nine people, police said.</p> <p>All nine victims were in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries at hospitals this afternoon, police said.</p>

Bullets flew during a wild fight in a busy Manhattan diner early Saturday, killing one man and sending dozens of customers running in panic. The Good Stuff Diner on W. 14th St. was packed with late-night eaters coming from clubs and bars when a confrontation erupted in a back booth, police and witnesses said. -snip- One man was shot three times in the back and twice more in the back of the head, police said. He died instantly, his bleeding body sprawled on the diner floor.

"The first thing I thought is, I would've shot 'em." That's one of my good friends, talking to me the other day about the news that a pair of preteen gangsters last week walked up on a woman in the Detroit suburb of Harper Woods, flashed a handgun and carjacked her. “It's sad, that's the worst part. It's just a little boy walked up to me in the neighborhood where I grew up in and tells me to give up my car to him. And I'm like, ‘Are you kidding?' and he opened up his shirt and showed me the...

How easy is it to pop the bubble of safety we all walk around in? How suddenly can a town of smiling friends and neighbors turn into a den of contorted-faced ghouls? It only takes a moment. I realized this when I got a letter from a local family who wanted to recount a horrifying incident. The young parents — who asked that their full names not be printed — were visiting Columbia’s Activity & Recreation Center on a recent Sunday. Their 20-month-old son is learning to swim, and they spent the afternoon splashing in the indoor pool. But as...