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SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio police confirmed a 17-year-old was arrested after a man was stabbed to death during an early morning altercation at a northwest-side business on Friday. The suspect, identified as Samuel Davis, was taken into custody after a standoff nearby involving a person of interest connected to the case. A 17-year-old is facing a murder charge after San Antonio police say a dispute over a 99-cent tobacco product turned deadly at a Northwest Side convenience store. Officers were called around 1 a.m. Friday to the Classic Mart & 420 Shop in the 4000 block of Medical Drive...

🚨 BREAKING: This is the enhanced security camera footage that captured, from a distance, the final moments leading up to the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf by Karmelo Anthony. Presented during trial, prosecutors used the footage to highlight Anthony’s movements immediately after the stabbing and as he departed the area prior to being taken into custody. This marks the first time the video has been made available to the public. Due to the camera’s distance and angle, the footage does not clearly show the physical interaction itself. However, it does appear to capture a brief exchange of movement beneath the...

very once in a while, somebody says something out loud that hasn’t been said but should be. We’re at that point right now, thanks to podcaster Matt Walsh. Walsh weighed in on violent crime and young black male offenders… which apparently is the one conversation America isn’t allowed to have. Supposedly “race” is off limits when the bad guys aren’t white. Because all throughout the Biden regime, we had to hear over and over that “white Trump supporters” were the greatest threat to precious democracy. That phrase was repeated by politicians, cable news talking heads, elite academics, Hollywood celebs, and...

Two Detroit sisters, including one who was nine months pregnant at the time, are accused of stabbing a worker at a Detroit chicken restaurant during a wrong-order dispute, with prosecutors alleging one sister stabbed the employee and that the women attempted to throw hot grease, pans and other items at her. Brianna and Kierianna Long now face several charges in connection with the May 30 incident, including assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and assault with a dangerous weapon, according to local reports. Both women have pleaded not guilty. The...

A Howard University professor tore into the victim-impact statement delivered by the father of slain Texas teen Austin Metcalf, arguing that the teen's death "did not begin with the knife" wielded by Karmelo Anthony but instead that his father's parenting style was to be blamed as well. Dr. Stacey Patton, a professor at Howard University's School of Communications, penned an opinion piece titled "Dear Jeff Metcalf: Your Son Is Dead Because You Failed to Teach Him That Black Boys Have Boundaries" to Substack on Wednesday on Substack, where she insinuated Anthony was acting out of self-defense. "YOU failed to teach...

A family-friendly “6-7 Event” at the Sky Zone trampoline park in a quiet St. Louis suburb descended into mayhem on Sunday, when more than 300 unaccompanied juveniles and teens showed up, overwhelmed the venue, and sparked at least eight separate fights. The chaos spilled into nearby businesses, with gangs of minors damaging property, threatening employees and customers, and prompting a large police response.

A Los Angeles prosecutor likened a Black murder suspect to a Bengal tiger. Decades later, the California Supreme Court found that trope showed unacceptable racial bias.The California Supreme Court this week reversed the death sentence of a Los Angeles Bloods gang member convicted of killing a rival Crip in the early 1990s because a prosecutor compared him to a dangerous animal, the first time a death sentence has been overturned under the 2020 Racial Justice Act.

Get ready for a summer of teen mayhem, unless blue-city leaders across the country abandon their commitment to fostering disorder in the name of equity.The hot new thing is a “takeover” — a Gen-Z euphemism for a riot,*** Chicago saw several “teen takeovers” over Memorial Day weekend, with dozens of arrests of “youths” running as old as 28. And one of them saw Rashad Johnson, 18, allegedly plow his vehicle into a group of cops trying to restore order; he’s now charged with five counts of attempted murder.President Donald Trump posted: “Five officers badly hurt. Mayor and Governor are terrible....

A lawless mob wreaked fiery havoc on a Queens intersection during a late-night car takeover as local lawmakers demand a crackdown on these unhinged meetups. Shocking video shows reckless drivers whipping around the intersection at 69th Street and Eliot Avenue in Queens early Saturday morning. Over 100 vehicles clogged up the roads along the Maspeth-Middle Village border. A man appeared to wave a Palestinian flag as he burned rubber, just narrowly missing those standing around the car while it made donuts around a massive street blaze. Flames arose from the street as hordes of brazen participants filmed the dangerous drivers...

🚨#BREAKING: A HORRIFYING story is currently unfolding in DeKalb County GA where a Black man has allegedly just sh*t a woman in the face 6-7 times and st*bbed her multiple times while she was just walking her dog in her neighborhood. He was also allegedly in the process of se*ually assaulting her, when interrupted by neighbors who called the police. The man is believed to be targeting women and has allegedly sh*t AT LEAST two women today.

These are the kind of people that Democrat judges keep releasing back onto the streets. Riviera Beach gunman: "I shot every one of those people" Lawyer: "Shh… this is being recorded" Gunman: "I shot 'em in they head" Suspect: Okay, the people who were [air quotes] supposedly killed, they didn't die. Nobody died. Obviously, right? Judge: One person did. You have one count. Suspect: Nobody died, sir. Judge: I just - Suspect: [Garbled] I shot every one of them people - [Lawyer tries to intervene] Suspect: Nah, man, shut up. Let me talk, let me talk. I can't talk to...

'The pre-sentence report shows you're at a high-risk level. That tells me that after they looked at everything, that you don't unfortunately have a good likelihood of being successful if I were to put you on probation.' As she then ruled that Fontenette would be sentenced to 25 years in prison, family member started shouting in the back of the courtroom, and bailiffs quickly escorted the family members out. Once the family members were clear, Judge West concluded her sentencing. A judge in Texas didn't hold back as she sentenced a teenager to 25 years in prison over an attack...

A man was left bleeding on a subway platform Tuesday evening after a mob of 10 unruly teenagers kicked him into a moving train — and the response from Boston progressives might be even more shocking than the attack itself. The victim, who was targeted during a dispute over a fare card at Back Bay Station, suffered a severe head laceration after being shoved into the train as it pulled into the station. A nurse who happened to witness the horrific scene rushed to help, keeping the bloodied man conscious while a transit police officer applied pressure to his wound....

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A pair of boys were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a 33-year-old Portland convenience store employee last month. The two boys, ages 12 and 15, face murder and robbery and were lodged at the Robert L. Harris Juvenile Justice Center in Vancouver. Santi Ram Rai was shot while he was working at a convenience store in the 1700 block of SE 139th Ave., on Dec,9, 2025. A medical examiner has since confirmed that he died of homicide by gunshot wound. After a month-long investigation, detectives identified that the two suspects lived in...

A man with a 30-year criminal record, reportedly at least 72 arrests, and around 15 convictions, lit a 26-year-old woman on fire on a train in Chicago Monday night. She is fighting for her life in critical condition.Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday called it an “isolated incident.”The “isolated incident” highlights everything that is wrong with progressive politics and Democrat leadership in all too many of our cities: let the criminals run free, forget about the victims, and vilify the police.But it only got worse for the Windy City Friday night, as the rampant violence and death the city has become...

Multiple police officers were attacked, including one who was injured, while responding to a shooting in Chicago on Friday in which at least five victims were shot. The incident happened near State and Randolph streets at about 10 p.m., just hours after a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, according to Fox 32. Ald. Brian Hopkins of Chicago's 2nd Ward said at least five people were shot, including one person in critical condition. "300 juveniles rioting in the Loop now, at least 5 victims shot, one critical with life threatening gunshot wound to torso," he wrote on X. "Multiple police officers attacked...

Behold the fruits of Raise the Age: A generation of kids who become career criminals before they can even vote. The latest case is Julian Turner, 17, a gangbanger and drill rapper who’s racked up 20 arrests in his short life, thanks to criminal-justice “reforms” that invited him to keep reoffending.His lawbreaking began at just 10, with an arrest for threatening two other kids with a fake gun; the next year, he escalated to actual violence, allegedly slicing a 14-year-old’s ear open with a boxcutter; two months after that, he allegedly stabbed a 71-year-old woman in the hand.At 14, with...

Two children have been charged with the rape and attempted murder of a five-year-old girl. The youngster was left completely 'unrecognizable' after a gang of bullies not only beat her, but also scalped her last month in Cleveland, Ohio, her mother previously said. On Wednesday a ten-year-old girl and nine-year-old boy were hit with various charges, including four counts of rape, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office said. The unidentified minors also face one count of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault, one count of kidnapping and one count of strangulation. 'Given the sensitive nature of this case, we decline...

Prosecutors have charged two children, ages 9 and 10, with attempted murder and rape among other charges after saying a 5-year-old was assaulted in a field in the Cleveland area. According to NBC affiliate WKYC, it happened on Sept. 13 when Cleveland officers responded to a home where a caller reported she was babysitting a 5-year-old girl, but that the girl had gone missing. Advertisement A report from WKYC states the 5-year-old was found in a field near the home and was taken to the hospital with bruising and swelling injuries. The police report states a witness told an officer...

Two women who were punched while walking in Lincoln Park and the Loop said they were attacked by the same man. Other women also have been assaulted, and the man accused in the attacks has a long record of being arrested, prosecuted, and then quickly being set free to attack again. Anne Kurze said she’ll never forget his face. “His eyes, his face, they’re seared into my memory,” she said. She identified William Livingston to police in a lineup after she was attacked in June in the Lincoln Park neighborhood along Clark Street while walking to a dental appointment. “He...