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  • 2 More Teens Charged With Capital Murder In Connection To Leslie Squair Baker’s Killing.

    06/19/2020 7:45:50 AM PDT · by L.A.Justice · 28 replies
    CBS Dallas/Fort Worth ^ | June 15, 2020 | Staff
    DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two more juveniles were charged with capital murder in connection to the death of Leslie Squair Baker, who was killed during an attempted carjacking. Antony Isaiah Taylor, 18, and Deng Chen Ajack, 19, admitted their involvement in the crime to detectives. On May 27, the Dallas Police Department arrested a 16-year-old in connection with Baker’s death as well. Baker, 59, was in her driveway, sitting in the driver seat of her car when she was ambushed, according to police. First responders pulled Baker out of her car, and performed first aid before the arrival of Dallas Fire-Rescue....
  • Video: Brute ruthlessly knocks down 92-year-old woman in random NYC attack

    06/16/2020 5:35:32 AM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 47 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 15, 2020 | Larry Celona and Kenneth Garger
    A 92-year-old woman was knocked to the ground by a young man in a random, broad-daylight attack in Manhattan last week. The victim was walking with a pushcart on Third Avenue near East 16th Street in the Gramercy Park neighborhood at about 3:30 p.m. on Friday when the brute struck.
  • What methods do Amish leaders use to deal with inward sins when the youth return after Rumspringa?

    04/02/2014 8:25:03 AM PDT · by Laissez-faire capitalist · 77 replies
    4/2/2014 | Laissez-Faire Capitalist
    After Rumspringa (running around) is over, the Amish young person returns after being gone for two years, and agrees to live according to the Amish ordnung (rules for living) pertaining to clothing, trnasportation, electrical appliances/power, etc, how do Amish bishops, ministers and deacons deal with the inward person(s) that none can see? Which is a greater threat to an Amish person's salvation - the "English" or the carnal man/sinful nature that we (Christian or non-Christian still possess and have to deal with until we are are glorified in heaven? The Apostle Paul: I do the things that I don't want...
  • Amish teen ticketed for having beer in buggy

    05/12/2009 4:39:18 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 51 replies · 1,637+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 5/12/09 | AP
    LEON, N.Y. – Police cracking down on rowdy Amish youths ticketed a teenager for having beer in his horse-drawn buggy when they pulled him over on a western New York road. They said the 17-year-old was charged with underage possession of alcohol after he was stopped by deputies late Monday night in the town of Leon, 40 miles south of Buffalo. Detective Nathan Root said the teen admitted drinking beer, but passed a field sobriety test.
  • Escaping the Amish

    07/18/2008 2:10:02 AM PDT · by amchugh · 35 replies · 469+ views
    The Blog of Tim Feriss ^ | July 15th, 2008 | Tim Feriss
    I hadn’t gotten beaten by my mom that day, and we hadn’t had any significant arguments over anything. I thought that if I died, I wanted to die without being mad at my mom. So I thought, I might as well take the opportunity to do so before I got back to the house—at which point who knows whether there would be another fight or a beating. I put a bullet in the chamber and raised the rifle up. The closer it got to my head, the faster my heart beat. I was taught that whoever committed suicide would go...