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2021-07-24 -Lurid Crime Tales-
'You cannot coddle violent criminals': D.C. police chief Robert Contee says he's 'mad as hell' as he slams rising crime in his city after daylight shooting left two people injured and diners fleeing for their lives
Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-24 00:21|| || Front Page|| [11167 views ]  Top

#1 Now he tells us after 50 years of inner city bloodletting spills over. Can't have the DC Elite's dinner interrupted.
Posted by Ulolump Grumble1426 2021-07-24 01:09||   2021-07-24 01:09|| Front Page Top

#2 The leftist outlook in a nutshell: "Every black kid is a potential neurosurgeon or Supreme Court Justice."

"Ben Carson and Clarence Thomas are Uncle Toms..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-24 09:09||   2021-07-24 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Along the same lines, what ever happened to "Clock Boy?" I have not read any glowing accounts of his life lately. Wonder why?
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-24 09:12||   2021-07-24 09:12|| Front Page Top

#4 M, a search of the Rantburg archives reveals Clock Boy, Sudanese-American Ahmed Mohamed, moved with his family to Qatar in late 2015 to take advantage of a full scholarship for high school and college for their young innovators program. Assuming young Mr, Mohamed was able to keep up, he must still be in college there now at age 20.

The defamation law suits were dismissed in 2016 and 2017.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-24 10:43||   2021-07-24 10:43|| Front Page Top

#5 So no updates about his early graduation from Cambridge or appointment to the Lucasian Chair?
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-24 10:50||   2021-07-24 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 The young innovators program is where the real bomb-making is taught? Just asking.

"Come, young man. You were born ready for the big league!"
Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-24 10:50||   2021-07-24 10:50|| Front Page Top

#7 It was a scam all along. It didn't pay so they left. Surprised the Bidet* DoJ isn't re-opening it.
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-24 10:54||   2021-07-24 10:54|| Front Page Top

#8 One of the defamation suits demanded a payoff of $15 million. But it was dismissed, and for most of the suits young Ahmed and Pops were required to pay the expenses of those they sued. Then there was the problem that Pops couldn’t find work in Qatar, and the family was living on government handouts...
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-24 20:20||   2021-07-24 20:20|| Front Page Top

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