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1.
snopes.com: Halloween Gang Initiation
Are gang initiates planning to kill thirty or more women at Halloween 2008?
...Halloween Gang Initiation Claim: Gang initiates are planning to kill thirty or more women around Halloween. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, October...
...Email advising the blood gang will be driving a silver SUV and must kill "31" women on Halloween night. Someone took my son to practice yesterday...
...were there handing out flyers. They received a tip that there would be a gang initiation (Bloods) on October 31, 2008 where they are targeting women. The...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:19:38 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/halloween.asp
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snopes.com: National Gang Week
Gangs are using bloody car seats to lure female motorists out of their vehicles as part of a 'National Gang Week' activity?
...National Gang Week Claim: Gangs are using bloody car seats to lure female motorists out of their vehicles as part of a "National Gang Week" activity....
...National Gang Week is starting: This is their New target Method While driving on any roads, If you see a baby car seat sitting on the side of the road DO...
...a baby car seat sitting on the side of the road DO NOT STOP!!!! These are gangs targeting people, especially women, to stop their vehicle to help a baby....
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:20:53 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carseat.asp
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snopes.com: Flashing Headlights Gang Initiation
Do gang members drive with their headlights off, then kill anyone who flashes them?
...Claim: Prospective new gang members are being initiated by killing the drivers of cars who flash their headlights at them. Examples: [Collected via...
...flash your headlights at them" this is a common "Bloods" gang member "initiation game". the new gang member, under initiation, drives along with no...
...gang's intent is to have "bloods" nationwide, drive around on Friday and Saturday nights with their headlights off. in order to be accepted into the...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:21:14 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/lightsout.asp
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snopes.com: Genesee County Gang Initiation
Detroit-area gang initiates are planning to shoot a woman in the head at a gas station in Genesee County?
...Claim: Detroit-area gang initiates are planning to shoot a woman in the head at a gas station in Genesee County. Examples: [Collected via e-mail,...
...This is not a joke. It has been a confirmed report that there is a Detroit Gang Initiation today. The initiation is to shoot a female in the head at a...
...gas. A Detroit police officer who works in the gang enforcement department released info that a Detroit gang is initiating new members and has requested...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:33:24 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/genesee.asp
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snopes.com: Police Gang Warning - Dalton, Georgia
The Dalton (Georgia) police have warned local stores to be on the alert for gang initiation abductions.
...Dalton Gang Claim: The Dalton (Georgia) police have warned local stores to be on the alert for gang initiation abductions. Example: [Collected via...
...on alert. They have received information regarding one of the many gangs that have be developing in the Dalton area, that there will be "initiation"...
...Origins: Just like earlier rumors from 2005 that gang members were about to engage in alleged initiation rites involving the abduction and murder of...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:12:16 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/dalton.asp
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snopes.com: Thrown Brick Gang Activity
Gang members in Oklahoma City looking to rob or kill random victims throw rocks or bricks at cars in hope of getting motorists to stop?
...Claim: Gang members in Oklahoma City looking to rob or kill random victims throw rocks or bricks at cars in hope of getting motorists to stop....
...OKLAHOMA GANG ACTIVITY This is Misty speaking this is NOT a forward, I wanted to tell you all what happened to me today. Please feel free to forward...
...kept driving. I called 9-1-1. When the police came they said that this is a gang thing. They throw the rock or brick or whatever, hoping you will pull...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:32:13 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/brick.asp
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snopes.com: Gang Initiation - Ask Directions, Then Shoot
Are gang initiates ask women directions, then shooting them?
...Claim: Gang initiates ask women for directions, then shoot them. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, December 2007] My brother just called, who is...
...from a reliable source that a Gang Initiation is starting today and will be going until the end of December. The gangs are instructed to ask someone for...
...Gang initiation in Greensboro, NC My friend Christy received this email from her brother who is a fire fighter in GSO. Please take it seriously. There...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:28:16 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/directions.asp
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snopes.com: Gang Targets Women at Wal-Mart
Are gang initiates under orders to kill a woman and small child in a Wal-Mart?
...Claim: Gang initiates must assault or kill a woman, a small child, or an elderly person at a Wal-Mart. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, 2005]...
...During the next two to three weeks, there will be gang initiations occurring in which the initiation is to kill a mother and small child shopping in...
...has come about, here in North Texas. He said that there is a new type of gang here, from El Salvador. He gave me the name, but I forgot. Something like...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:46:40 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/walmart.asp
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snopes.com: Gang Initiation by Chase Down
Are gang initiates attempting to force cars from the road in order to murder the occupants?
...Claim: Gang initiates are attempting to force cars off roads in order to murder the occupants. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2007] Tonight Wayne...
...Wayne talked to the highway patrolman who told them that this is a Gang Initiation thing coming out of Charlotte. If you stop, they shoot you - and if...
...Origins: This e-mailed warning about a purported gang initiation by murder of a random victim in South Carolina began arriving in the snopes.com inbox in...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:50:35 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/chased.asp
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snopes.com: Dallas Door Knock Gang Initiation
Are gang initiates in the Dallas area knocking on doors and shooting whoever answers.
...Claim: Gang initiates in the Dallas area are knocking on the doors of residences and shooting whoever answers. Example: [Collected via e-mail,...
...Gang initiation Hey I just heard that (per channel 8 news) gangs are now doing initiation by having the new members come knock on your door and when...
...16 or 19 yr old have now been murdered around the metroplex. Apparently the gangs are now moving into the Dallas/Mesquite area and starting doing this so...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:19:44 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/doorknock.asp
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snopes.com: Gang Initiation
Are gang initiates flashing their headlights to get cars to pull over in order to murder their occupants?
...Claim: Gang initiates flash their headlights to get cars to pull over in order to murder their occupants. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2006]...
...She was right and was informed that this behavior has been identified as a gang initiation in Georgia and has been all over the news. They have started...
...Origins: This seeming update to the long-lived urban legend about gang initiates who roam the nighttime streets in vehicles with their headlights turned...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:34:18 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/pullover.asp
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snopes.com: Gang Murder at Broadway Mall
Is the MS-13 gang planning to murder an innocent victim at the Broadway Mall in Hicksville?
...Gang Malling Claim: The MS-13 gang is planning to murder an innocent victim at the Broadway Mall in Hicksville, NY. Example: [Collected via e-mail,...
...Origins: This warning from the 2010 holiday season about a gang "seeking to initiate new members" by killing a randomly selected innocent victim at the...
...County, New York) bears the hallmarks of numerous other gang-related urban legends: Gangs regularly target innocent victims for murder, typically as...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:46:06 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/mallmurder.asp
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snopes.com: Macon Mall Gang Initiation
Gang initiates in Macon must shoot a white female at the Macon Mall?
...Claim: Gang initiates in Macon, Georgia, must shoot a white female at the Macon Mall. Example: [Collected via e-mail, September 2008] My aunt, who...
...trying to crack down on the Gang violence in Macon. Through their investigations they have found out that one of the gangs will be having initiation this...
...in inboxes in mid-September 2008. Like many other "initiates into a street gang must shoot a random person" scares (victims selected from those found in...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:39 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/macon.asp
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snopes.com: Buck Fifty Gang Initiation in New Jersey
Are gang initiates in New Jersey slashing victims' faces to 'get a buck fifty'?
...Claim: Gang initiates in New Jersey are slashing victims' faces to "get a buck fifty." Example: [Collected via e-mail, March 2008] IMPORTANT SAFETY...
...sliced his face wide open. What we've since found out is that it is a new gang initiation call "getting a buck fifty". Karen Becker (who works for...
...roll call of spurious gang initiation warnings, this one at least distinguished in not being made of whole cloth — it does describe a real occurrence,...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:23:36 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/buckfifty.asp
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snopes.com: I-68 and I-70 Gang Initiation Warning
Maryland gangs are engaging in a deadly initiation game that requires new members to steal cars and shoot motorists on highways.
...Claim: Maryland gangs are engaging in a deadly initiation game that requires new members to steal cars and shoot motorists on highways. Example:...
...to establish their membership numbers in these areas and bring smaller gangs into their family. Persons posing as Hitch Hikers and Stranded Motorist...
...Currently smaller gangs are moving into this bigger gang to form a more prevalent image. At this point there have been 4 events believed to be linked to...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:37:46 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/maryland.asp
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snopes.com: 'Our Gang' Curse
Are actors from the 'Our Gang' series the victims of a curse?
...--> Other --> 'Our Gang' Curse 'Our Gang' Curse Claim: An unusually high percentage of the child actors who starred in the Our Gang film series...
...Remember Our Gang? What ever happened to those people? Well, here it is...........sad........... THE OUR GANG CURSE... Alfalfa -- Carl Switzer...
...Darla Hood -- The Our Gang leading lady contracted hepatitis and died at age 47. Brisbane -- Kendall McCormas, known as Breezy Brisbane, committed...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:46:07 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/movies/other/ourgang.asp
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snopes.com: Round Rock Gangs
Are groups of gang members are committing robberies and carjackings in Round Rock, Texas?
...Claim: Groups of gang members are committing robberies and carjackings in Round Rock, Texas. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2003] Yesterday I...
...Police force, they told Mrs. Livingston that they believe this is a group of gang members trying to rob people and steal cars. They believe that a woman...
...It is believed that these gang members are working areas along IH 35 between Waco and San Antonio. BE SURE that your family members and especially your...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:47:00 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/roundrock.asp
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snopes.com: MS-13 Car Bump Initiation
Gang initiates are bumping their cars into others, then shooting whoever gets out of the bumped automobile?
...Claim: Gang initiates are bumping their cars into others, then shooting whoever gets out of the bumped automobiles. Examples: [Collected via e-mail,...
...tonight (Monday) at 2230 hrs. and told me that there had been several MS-13 gang members hanging out in the PVA and in the store. She started having...
...My boyfriend received 4 text messages from his friends that stated the M-13 gang is doing initiations in Baltimore, MD and they are bumping people's cars...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:25:20 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/carbump.asp
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snopes.com: Etymology of Crips
What is the origin of name of the L.A. street gang known as the Crips?
...Claim: The gang known as the Crips took their name from an acronym for "continuous revolution in progress." Origins: There are more than a few...
...a few stories making the rounds as to how this legendary Los Angeles street gang got its name. One version gives it as the LAPD's disparagingly...
...for 'cripples') and the name sticking. Another school of thought has it that gang members were involved in a robbery of some Asian immigrants. When later...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:30:04 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/crip.asp
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snopes.com: Marked Car Gun Thefts
Tires or bumpers of cars parked outside gun stores are marked by gangs to later identify them as potential gun theft opportunities?
...Claim: Tires or bumpers of cars parked outside gun stores are marked by gangs to later identify them as potential gun theft opportunities. Examples:...
...gun store today, my car was tagged on the wheel in the parking lot. The gangs do this on wheels or bumpers at gun stores, shooting ranges, gun shows etc....
...other location that's less well guarded or under video surveillance, other gang members spot the marker and break into the car for a quick gun grab. This...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:49:45 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/intent/gunshop.asp
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snopes.com: White T-Shirt Revenge
Is the Mexican Mafia retaliating for a drug theft by killing 400 to 1,000 black men wearing white T-shirts?
...Rolling 60's (a LA gang) stole 160 kilo's of cocaine from the Mexican Mafia. In retaliation, the Mexican Mafia and other Mexican gangs have decided to...
...As to the content of the e-mailed rumor itself and the gangs it mentions, says the FBI about the Mexican Mafia (aka La Eme or The M.): The Mexican Mafia,...
...movement The Rolling 60's are a division of the Crips, a primarily black gang that originated in Los Angeles in the 1960s and which now has chapters in...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:42:11 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/tshirt.asp
22.
snopes.com: Sneakers on Power Lines
What's with all those shoes hanging in trees and from power lines?
...Claim: Old running shoes hanging from trees and power lines are 'gang signs.' Origins: All across the United States, you'll encounter discarded shoes...
...gangs marking the boundaries of their territory. Bullies take them off defenceless kids, then sling them up out of reach as the ultimate taunt....
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:20:41 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/sneakers.asp
23.
snopes.com: The Killer in the Backseat
Crazed killer is discovered hiding in back seat of woman's car.
...is a true story. it has been "ritual" of gang members to take one body part from women as an initiation into gangs. the rule is that it has to be in a...
...a gang and the initiation to join is to kidnap a woman and bring her back to the gang to be raped. According to the police that night, there is a new...
...The report is that the new gang initiation thing is to bring back a woman's body part. One way they are doing this is crawling under girls/women's cars...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:49 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/backseat.asp
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snopes.com: Mutilated Boy
Did a gang lure a little boy into a washroom and chop off his penis?
...Claim: A gang lures a little boy into a washroom and chops off his penis. Examples: [Smith, 1986] Out shopping one day with his mother in a...
...According to an eye witness, the poor boy had been castrated by an ethnic gang of local youths. [Brunvand, 1984] I heard a story, I believe about...
...little white boy's penis off as an orientation, a method of getting into a gang that they wanted to belong to. Variations: This legend has been...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:22:24 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/mutilate.asp
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snopes.com: Payphone Poison
Are gang members putting a mixture of LSD and strychnine on pay phone buttons?
...Claim: Gang members all over the country are spreading a deadly mixture of LSD and strychnine on pay phone buttons. Example: [Collected on the...
...Hello, this is to warn everyone of a new thing happening in communities as a gang initiation and such. If you care about anyone, please forward this to...
...and is now working it's way to smaller towns. It seems that a new form of gang initiation is to go find as many pay phones as possible and put a mixture...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:38:09 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/payphone2.asp
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snopes.com: Slasher Under the Car
Do thieves hid under people's cars to slash their ankles?
...Robbery is the usual motive for the attack, but gang initiation and rape turn up in some tellings. When it's rape, the victim is often dragged back under...
...instinctive reaching down to clutch her injured ankle gives the prospective gang member his opportunity to cut off one of her fingers as the proof he...
...years, grown more and more into another tale about ruthless gang initiations. As inner city gang activity plays a greater part of the nightly news...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:11:38 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/robbery/slasher.asp
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snopes.com: Arlington Car Robbery
Criminal gangs in Arlington are staging medical emergencies to lure drivers out of their cars and rob them?
...Claim: Criminal gangs in Arlington are staging medical emergencies to lure drivers out of their cars and rob them. Example: [Collected via e-mail,...
...drove home immediately and called the police. They came out and brought the Gang Unit with them. Dennis was advised that this is happening very often and...
...at events in that area," nor is there as yet any evidence that the crime was gang-related: I would like to respond to a viral email that was recently...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:39:33 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/arlington.asp
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snopes.com: Crown Air Fresheners and the KKK
Are those crown-shaped air fresheners produced by the KKK?
...the presence of one of these auto accessories signifies the car's owner is a gang member. Examples: [Collected on the Internet, 1995] Here in...
...looked at me as if I were crazy and said, "They're gang symbols." I said, "Maybe in Chicago they're gang symbols. In Lansing they've got to be air...
...The "air freshener crown as a sign of gang membership" belief was also hugely popular, once again trading on the notion that these tawdry vulgarities...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:46:44 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/business/alliance/crown.asp
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snopes.com: Montgomery Rape Attempt
Are gang initiates in Montgomery, Alabama, sneaking into cars at service stations and raping white female motorists?
...Claim: Gang initiates in Montgomery, Alabama, are sneaking into cars at service stations and raping white female motorists. Examples: [Collected via...
...gotten out before the police got there. They also said it was probably a gang initiation. Please everyone, watch out. These two locations are very...
...her that they were trying to keep it quiet, but that there is apparently a gang initiation going on where the member gets in the car of a white woman...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:41 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/montgomery.asp
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snopes.com: Activists Missing After Declaring 'War on Leather' at Motorcycle Rally
Three animal rights activists went missing after protesting the use of leather at a motorcycle gang rally.
...activists went missing after protesting the use of leather at a motorcycle gang rally. Example: [GlossyNews, 2010] I would like to know if the...
...after attempting to protest the wearing of leather at a large motorcycle gang rally this weekend. Two others, previously reported missing, were...
...who decided to stage a protest against the use of leather at a motorcycle gang rally, and for their efforts ended up being duct-taped inside restaurant...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:45:59 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/leatherprotest.asp
31.
snopes.com: The Little Rascals and Bill Cosby
Did Bill Cosby buy up the rights to the 'Little Rascals' comedies to keep them off of TV?
...Claim: Bill Cosby bought up the rights to The Little Rascals (or Our Gang) comedies in order to keep them off television because they depict racial...
...the childhoods of generations of kids: beloved characters from the 221 Our Gang comedy shorts that Hal Roach produced between 1922 and 1944. Roach's...
...children acting like adults. With the advent of television, the Our Gang shorts (shown under the name The Little Rascals became standard after-school...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:14:00 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/rascals.asp
32.
snopes.com: Utah Evacuees
Did Katrina evacuees brought to Utah sell drugs, attempt rapes, and rebuild street gangs?
...and immediately proceeded to sell drugs, attempt rapes, and rebuild street gangs. Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2005] Let me tell you a...
...was one attempted rape of a relief worker, sales of drugs on going and a gang had begun to rebuild. When the people arrived at the shelter, they were...
...criminal records, including eight for murder. Yet stories about drug sales, gangs re-forming, and an attempted rape are unsupported by the Utah news...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:20:09 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/personal/utah.asp
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snopes.com: Letter of Intent
Woman narrowly misses becoming the latest victim of a gang of murderers in WWII Berlin.
...fraulein being marketed nor of girls being rounded up by organized gangs of butchers. The themes of this tale run through other murdering madmen...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:20:05 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/lastone.asp
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snopes.com: Severed Fingers
Motorist who has a run-in with ruffians afterwards find the severed fingers of his assailants on his car.
...up, simply the act of stopping at the wrong red light, or driving past a gang of motorcycle hooligans (who then set out in pursuit). The legend is...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:20 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/severed.asp
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snopes.com: Carjacker
Do photographs show a failed carjacker run over by a truck?
...This fine upstanding member of the infamous 18th Street LA gang decided one day that he would try to car-jack a semi truck at gun point . . . The gangsta...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:16 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/gruesome/carjack.asp
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snopes.com: Progesterex Rape
Is a drug called Progesterex being used to sterilize rape victims?
...night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports gang raped her before dumping her naked at Neutral Bay. Unable to remember the...
...night was taken by 5 men, who according to hospital and police reports gang raped her before dumping her naked at Neutral Bay. [December 2002] A...
...night was taken by 5 men who according to hospital and police reports, gang raped her before dumping her naked body at Neutral Bay. [March 2003] A...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:12:33 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/progesterex.asp
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snopes.com: Just One State - Cost of Illegals in Los Angeles
E-mail provides statistics about the number and costs of illegal aliens in Los Angeles County.
...7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. 8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of...
...The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. In April 2005, Heather Mac Donald, a...
...On the issue of gang membership among illegal immigrants, she said: No one knows for certain the percentage of illegals in gangs, thanks in large part to...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:17:37 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/taxes.asp
38.
snopes.com: Hispanic Leaders Speak Out!
Quotes from various Hispanic leaders and newspaper articles regarding U.S. immigrants
...do so? According to the L.A. Times, Orange County, California is home to 275 gangs with 17,000 members; 98% of which are Mexican and Asian. How's your...
...Journal editorial about the growth of Asian criminal gangs: Triads, Asia's famous criminal gangs, may always be with us, but right now they seem to be...
...With China opening up, gangs from Hong Kong and Taiwan are re-establishing themselves on the mainland. In turn, these gangs are largely responsible for...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:19:39 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/hispanicleaders.asp
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snopes.com: Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Did an Arizona sheriff dismiss prisoners' bellyaching by pointing out soldiers serving in Iraq cope with similar conditions?
...conditions, and they sleep on cots which lack pillows. They work on chain gangs. And they wear pink underwear. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, of...
...He started chain gangs so the inmates could do free work on county and city projects. Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for...
...so they will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs. He cut off coffee since it has zero nutritional value. When the...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:14 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/arpaio.asp
40.
snopes.com: Math Test
Teachers get into trouble over using 'The L.A. Math Test' in the classroom.
...Gang:__________________________ 1. Johnny has an AK-47 with an 80-round clip. If he misses 6 out of 10 shots and shoots 13 times at each drive-by...
...8. Hector knocked up 6 girls in his gang. There are 27 girls in the gang. What percentage of the girls in the gang has Hector knocked up? 9. Thelma can...
...myth that teens from such regions are thoroughly steeped in a drugs, guns, gangs, and promiscuity culture by asserting that even the math questions...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:14:48 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/mathtest.asp
41.
snopes.com: Clyde Barrow's Letter to Henry Ford
Did criminal Clyde Barrow write a 'thank you' note to Henry Ford in 1934?
...combined with Clyde's superlative driving skills, enabled the Barrow Gang to continually evade the pursuit of lawmen throughout the Midwest. Such was...
...of General Delivery in Tulsa (although he never received it, as the Barrow Gang had headed out of Tulsa by then). Seventy-five years later, the...
...how that newspaper depicted Bonnie Parker in their coverage of the Barrow Gang's exploits. An endnote in Guinn's biography of Bonnie and Clyde indicates...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:26:36 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/barrow.asp
42.
snopes.com: Rape Victim Lured by Child
Are rapists using little children who appear to be lost to lure victims?
...no matter what you do, DON'T go to that address. This is a new way for gang members to rape females. Please Forward this message to all! [Collected...
...station and ABSOLUTELY NOT to the to the address. This is a new way to gang rape girls. Please pass along this message in order to help make girls aware...
...no matter what you do, DONT go to that address. This is a new way for gang members to rape females. Please send this to all girls & also boys so they can...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:49:12 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/childlure.asp
43.
snopes.com: Stan Tookie Williams Celebration
Are black leaders are planning a big event to honor Stan Tookie Williams?
...Stan "Tookie" Williams, the thieving murdering thug who founded the Crips gang — The coward who killed a little old lady with a shotgun blast to her...
...all possible choices they opted for Stan Tookie Williams, the Crips street gang co-founder who was sentenced to death in 1981 for his part in the 1979...
...he was convicted, and that he had atoned for his violent past through anti-gang writings and other efforts in prison." Many prominent black leaders and...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:33 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/tookie.asp
44.
snopes.com: Hairy-Armed Hitchhiker
Little old lady (or man) begging a ride at a shopping mall turns out to be a wolf in sheep's clothing.
...The Dublin criminal gang - The Westies are having an initiation ceremony at the moment for new members. It's aimed at women driving alone. They hang...
...woman gets into her car the guy holds her at knifepoint and takes her to be gang-raped. This is a serious message that came to me by my Father. He was...
...is going on at a shopping mall near you, or that the country is awash in gangs of rapists and serial killers using such ruses to lure unsuspecting women...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:15:22 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/hairyarm.asp
45.
snopes.com: 25 to Life Boycott
Law enforcement group urges boycott of the video game '25 to Life'.
...to "the violent nature of the game, in which participants role-play shooting gang members and police officers and using civilians as human shields": "It...
...a law enforcement officer, or a drug dealer who role-plays shooting fellow gang members and law enforcement officers. The Web site advertising the game...
...that players are given a choice between wearing a badge or the colors of a gang, the ultimate message carried by the game is that some players are...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:17:13 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/25tolife.asp
46.
snopes.com: Sagging Pants
Was the fashion of sagging one's pants born of a prison mode of signaling sexual availability?
...A friend told me recently that the "gang" style of baggy pants showing your underwear (called "jailin") was originally a prison code signifying that the...
...What's the origin of Gang-banger pants? You know, worn really low and baggy? Before they became a fashion statement, and/or MADE that way by assorted...
...their pants in the sagging style to better conceal weapons from rival gang members and police. While it is true a gun or knife can be effectively stashed...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:20:35 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/risque/homosex/sagging.asp
47.
snopes.com: Lee Iacocca - Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
E-mail reproduces excerpt from Lee Iacocca's 'Where Have All the Leaders Gone?'
...the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder. We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've...
...I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and...
...this so called president? We should be screaming bloody murder! We've got a gang of tax cheating clueless leftists trying to steer our ship of state...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:34:17 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/iacocca.asp
48.
snopes.com: Balcony Deaths
Stranger trips young girls and sends them plummeting over theater balconies?
...to see a new horror legend that doesn't involve needles, AIDS, drugs, gangs or abducted women — just an old-fashioned random serial killer who doesn't...
...one with a deliberate purpose beyond mere senseless killing (such as a the gang initation ritual found in the resurgent legend about headlight flashing)....
...by someone with the same modus operandi (but no mention of this being a gang initiation rite), we can probably assume the crimes are the work of a single...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:34:53 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/balcony.asp
49.
snopes.com: Whites Survive Fire
Fire kills black and Mexican families but spares white couple.
...* Six Albanian, gang banger, ex-cons - all claiming political asylum and living off the state for free - occupied the 3rd floor and they too, died. *...
...cheats," and morphs the heavy-duty Hispanic L.A. ex-cons into Albanian gang-banger ex-cons, throwing in for good measure their "claiming political asylum...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:18:02 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/racial/humor/housefire.asp
50.
snopes.com: Murders of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian
Account describes the rape and murder of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian.
...Channon Christian, was beaten and gang-raped in many ways for four days by all of them, while they took turns urinating on her. Then they cut off her...
...their depravity on Christian. Over the ensuing two days, they beat her, gang-raped her, urinated upon her, cut off one of her breasts (while she was...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:22:57 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp
51.
snopes.com: Spunkball
Are teens throwing lit gas-soaked rags into cars as a new way to amuse themselves?
...gangs of fun-loving teenagers who are out to get us (which is a refreshing change from what's come to be scarelore's usual specter of evil, street...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:15 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/spunkball.asp
52.
snopes.com: YouTube/Facebook Virus
Messages appearing to come from Facebook friends and directing recipients to view YouTube videos harbor a virus?
...& Control" server, "which directed the compromised computers to do the gang's bidding," Facebook said. There have been no new Koobface sightings since...
...Albanesius, Chloe. "Facebook, Researchers Reveal Gang Behind Koobface Virus." PC Magazine. 17 January 2012.
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:42 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/youtube.asp
53.
snopes.com: Raid on Mexican Drug Dealer's House
Photographs show the proceeds from drug sales found during a raid of a dealer's residence.
...was run by a native of China who had gained Mexican citizenship. The alleged gang leader is in hiding, possibly outside of the country, Medina Mora said....
...the supply of methamphetamine to the United States, where Mexican drug gangs control at least 80 percent of the market, Tandy said. The U.S. Ambassador...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:37:46 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/crime/drugmoney.asp
54.
snopes.com: The Biscuit Bullet
A woman sitting in a car thinks she's been shot when a canister of biscuit dough explodes.
...from a reliable source that a Gang Initiation is starting today and will be going until the end of December. The gangs are instructed to ask someone for...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:27 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/safety/biscuit.asp
55.
snopes.com: Missionary Guarded by Angels
Missionary is protected by the miraculous appearance of 26 armed guards.
...When the gang of six thugs unexpectedly discovers their victim is not alone but is protected by a swarm of armed guards who outnumber them by more than...
...missionary and exposes himself to punishment by announcing that he and his gang had planned to murder the lone missionary if only he hadn't been so...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:05 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/26guards.asp
56.
snopes.com: Scooby-Doo Origin
Do the five characters in Scooby-Doo represent five Eastern colleges?
...a bit hard to wade through, I offer what it boils down to: the Scooby-Doo gang were not conceived as representations of typical students of particular...
...Obligatory strange Scooby fact: The gang is 84% more likely to stumble upon a secret passage than to find it intentionally. Barbara "passage err...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:47:50 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/scoobydoo.asp
57.
snopes.com: Hurricane Gustav Shreveport Evacuees
Bad behavior by Hurricane Gustav evacuees from New Orleans detailed by nurse who worked at Shreveport shelter?
...guns and drugs and proceeded to sell drugs, attempt rapes and rebuild street gangs; their resettlement to other parts of the country led to increases in...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:11:52 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/personal/shreveport.asp
58.
snopes.com: Kidnapping at Saginaw Wal-Mart
Was an abduction attempt at a Wal-Mart in Saginaw, Texas, foiled?
...a Wal-Mart or were attempted and foiled at one. (The 2005 advisory about a gang initiation in Memphis in which a mother and daughter were to be murdered...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:12:49 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/saginaw.asp
59.
snopes.com: Barack Obama's Columbia University Thesis
Did Barack Obama's thesis for Columbia University, entitled 'Aristocracy Reborn,' note that America's founding fathers 'did not allow for economic freedom'?
...aced the year-long class. But Baron says he never had any inkling that the gangly senior would scale such heights. [Baron] had saved Obama's senior...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:13:16 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/columbiathesis.asp
60.
snopes.com: Infant Rape Cures AIDS
Are babies being raped in South Africa by AIDS sufferers who believe their having sex with virgins will cure their disease?
...arrested and held in custody six men, aged 24 to 66, whom they suspected of gang-raping the child, they later released them because there was no forensic...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:15:23 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/babyrape.asp
61.
snopes.com: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act
A bill before Congress would prohibit ownership of handguns by those who have not obtained firearm licenses?
...was riding a bus to school when another teenager began firing a handgun in a gang-related attack. When Holt moved to shield a girl on the bus from the...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:16:11 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/blairholt.asp
62.
snopes.com: Megabucks Legends
Various Megabucks legends about near misses and unlucky winners.
...Been killed in a gang fight in Los Angeles. Although the mode of the unnamed winner's demise changed from telling to telling, the basic rumor remained...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:16:47 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/luck/megabucks.asp
63.
snopes.com: Parents' Notes to Teachers
List of humorous comments made on applications for social assistance.
...Lillie was absent from school yesterday as she had a gang over. Please excuse Blanch from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday, she fell out of a tree and...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:17:48 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/humor/lists/absent.asp
64.
snopes.com: Clara Bow and the USC Football Team
Did actress Clara Bow service the entire USC football team at orgies?
...Clara Bow provided personal "entertainment" for the entire "beer-swilling, gang-banging" Trojan squad grew over the ensuing decades, even though, as...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:18:19 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/clarabow.asp
65.
snopes.com: Logging the Northern Way
Photograph shows a moose harnessed to haul timber.
...Lew and the rest of the gang - We had been trying to keep this under wraps as we knew this would happen once folks found out that with some effort you...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:18:54 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/workmoose.asp
66.
snopes.com: Chuck Pitman Apology
Did retired Marine General Chuck Pitman write a 'letter of apology' to the Arab world?
...I am sorry that our troops die to free more Arabs from the gang rape rooms and the filling of mass graves of dissidents of their own making. I am sorry...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:19:11 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/pitman.asp
67.
snopes.com: Preventing Kyle's Suicide
Did the befriending of an outcast boy stop a suicide?
..."Bill's" books are not knocked out of his arms by a gang of bullies; he trips all on his own, with the story heavily implying no one other than "Mark" is...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:20:30 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/glurge/kyle.asp
68.
snopes.com: David Wilkerson Predicts Imminent Catastrophe
Pastor of New York's Times Square Church warns of imminent catastrophe?
...When I was a kid, I read about David Wilkerson who took the Gospel to the gangs of New York. I even saw the movie "The Cross and the Switchblade"...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:21:41 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/rumors/soapbox/wilkerson.asp
69.
snopes.com: Gun-Toting Grannies
Did an old lady pull a gun on some black men she found sitting in her car?
...date 6 November 2001), Maxine Grey (played by Tyne Daly) pulls a gun on a gang of teens she finds sitting in her car, takes the car back from them, then...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:22:05 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/justice/grannies.asp
70.
snopes.com: Chad Snowden
Has Vicky Field's son, Chad Snowden, been shot in the head in Iraq?
...He was in a Humvee going through Falujah fighting and a gang of militia fighters fired on the Humvee and hit Chad in the head. The driver got him out of...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:22:35 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/prayer/snowden.asp
71.
snopes.com: Kevin Mitchell
Did New York Mets outfielder Kevin Mitchell cut the head off his girlfriend's cat with a knife?
...in San Diego, some of which included rumors that he'd hurt some people in gang-related violence. I don't know about that, but I got to witness,...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:22:49 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/sports/baseball/mitchell.asp
72.
snopes.com: Obama Racism Quotes
List cites passages about racism taken from Barack Obama's books.
...they made to protect their son from the possibility of being caught in a gang shooting and the certainty of attending an underfunded school. They know...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:23:28 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/coilofrage.asp
73.
snopes.com: Michael Richards - Proud to be White
E-mail reproduces Michael Richards' defense speech in court after he made racial comments in his comedy act.
...carjack us, and shoot at us. But, when a white police officer shoots a black gang member or beats up a black drug-dealer running from the law and posing...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:23:30 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/proudwhite.asp
74.
snopes.com: Lil' Bow Wow Rape Rumor
Was teen rapper Lil' Bow Wow raped by his bodyguard?
...rumor featuring this youngster had him beaten and robbed of his pendant by a gang of toughs. Origins: It's hard to ascertain where a river begins, but...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:02 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/bowwow.asp
75.
snopes.com: Flyers on Car Windows Carjacking
Are parking lot carjackers placing flyers on rear windows of cars?
...either out for a thrill or participating in some rite of passage (such as a gang initiation). Carjackers tend to hang around places where motorists have...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:56 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/carjack.asp
76.
snopes.com: 'Black Tax' Credit
Are African-Americans entitled to a $5,000 slavery reparation tax credit?
...McLeod, Ramon. "Even Street Gangs Are Among Those Involved in Fraud." The San Francisco Chronicle. 13 April 1996 (p. A17). Moore, Linda. "League...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:25:30 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/blacktax.asp
77.
snopes.com: Burglary Con
Are office workers being conned into revealing their home addresses, leading to them being burgled during the day?
...fell from grace, however, when they reported: "[The warning] comes after a gang of conmen duped dozens of workers in London, particularly women, into...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:27:12 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/postcode.asp
78.
snopes.com: Trouble a-Bruin
Photographs show wild bears posing with humans on the grounds around an Alaska cottage.
...with grizzly cubs while their mother lounges nearby. There are pictures of gangs of bears around his cabin, of individual bears in his cabin, and even...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:29:11 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/bearfarm.asp
79.
snopes.com: Auto Reply Thefts
Are thieves stealing computer lists of 'out of office' auto-replies to target homes for burglary?
...For the warned-against situation to be real, we'd have to assume there are gangs of burglars indulging in the tedious pursuit of preselecting their...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:30:29 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/intent/reply.asp
80.
snopes.com: George Carlin 'Bad American'
Did comedian George Carlin author a piece about his being a 'Bad American'?
...I know the losers the police eventually pull out of the car are gonna be a gang-banging hommies or vatos. I believe that it doesn't take a village to...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:30:30 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/carlin.asp
81.
snopes.com: Strawberry Meth
Drug dealers are selling colored methamphetamine known as 'Strawberry Quick.'
...a bulletin about flavored meth seized during a 27 January 2007 search of a gang member's apartment in Carson City.) According to intelligence gathered by...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:31:59 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/candymeth.asp
82.
snopes.com: Revenge on Jerks
A man comes up with an inventive way to get even with two jerks.
...Then I picked up the phone and called the police. I told them a big gang fight was going down at 1802 West 34th Street. After that I climbed into my car...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:34:27 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/jerks.asp
83.
snopes.com: Jen's Embarrassment
A college student meets and engages in cybersex with a man she later discovers to be her father.
...a woman to a friend to use for sexual purposes, or for participating in a gang rape, or for employing the services of prostitutes. The warning contained...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:35:55 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/risque/mistaken/jen.asp
84.
snopes.com: Eggs Thrown at Cars
Robbers are flinging eggs at cars to impair drivers' vision and force them to stop?
...upon are nothing new: a few we've previously documented include claims that gangs of robbers were placing tire-puncturing spikes in shopping mall parking...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:37:23 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/eggthrow.asp
85.
snopes.com: Greatest Nation
Did Barack Obama urge his supporters to join him in changing 'the greatest nation in the history of the world'?
...2008: Three weeks ago, after New Hampshire, when Hill and McCain and the gang were all bragging about being "agents of change," a (non-U.S.)...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:38:17 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/change.asp
86.
snopes.com: Wgasa
Is the San Diego Wild Animal Park's monorail named after a crude acronym?
...designer] Chuck Faust, [future zoo director] Chuck Bieler, and the usual gang were sitting with their clipboards and pencils, attempting to come up with...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:39:36 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/wgasa.asp
87.
snopes.com: Sawing New York in Half
Did hoaxsters once plan to saw Manhattan Island in half?
...as much as Washington Irving's Diedrich Knickerbocker, and Asbury's own gangs of New York, and against a context of nineteenth century ruse, hoax, and...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:39:56 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/history/hoaxes/sawingny.asp
88.
snopes.com: Nancy Cartwright
Was voice actress Nancy Cartwright elected mayor of Northridge, California?
...Simpson. I live in a nice neighbourhood. But down the road there's drugs and gangs, stealing and illiteracy," Female first quoted her as saying. (ANI)...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:28 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/cartwright.asp
89.
snopes.com: Rapid Fire Nail Gun
Photograph shows a DeWalt manufactured 'rapid-fire nail gun'?
...of nailing shut the doorways of abandoned buildings in which the Stanfield gang has hidden the bodies of murdered rivals) and engages a sale clerk in a...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:02 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/nailgun.asp
90.
snopes.com: Dust Off Death
Have adolescents died of huffing from cans of Dust-Off brand compressed air?
...for a city which is known nationwide for its crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and drugs. At one point we were # 2 in the nation in homicides per...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:13 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp
91.
snopes.com: New Drug - Jenkem
Bulletin warns of a new drug called 'Jenkem,' made by fermenting raw sewage.
...a 1995 Inter Press Service (IPS) wire report: People used to wonder why a gang of scruffy pre-teen boys hung around the sewer ponds of the Garden...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:23 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/jenkem.asp
92.
snopes.com: Garland Injection Alert
Was a woman robbed in Garland, Texas, by a thief who injected her with an unknown substance?
...a Wal-Mart or were attempted and foiled at one. (The 2005 advisory about a gang initiation in Memphis in which a mother and daughter were to be murdered...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:25 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/garland.asp
93.
snopes.com: Beth Chapman Speech
Did Alabama State Auditor Beth Chapman deliver a 'Stand Up for America' speech?
...If America’s movie stars want to be human shields, let them shield the gang-ridden streets of Los Angeles, or New York City, let them shield the lives of...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:41:26 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/chapman.asp
94.
snopes.com: Thigh Theft
Have thieves been replacing women's thighs with oatmeal?
...down, the thieves struck again. My rear end was next. I knew it was the same gang, because they took pains to match my new rear end (although badly...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:43:16 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/thighs.asp
95.
snopes.com: Hotel Key Card Identity Theft
Are hotel room keycards encoded with personal information?
...light in southern California when police searched the hideouts of Armenian gang members and found a cache of key cards from a specific hotel. According...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:43:33 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp
96.
snopes.com: James Earl Jones vs. James Earl Ray Mix-Up
A Martin Luther King Day plaque thanked assassin James Earl Ray.
...James Gang Claim: A plaque made for a 2002 Martin Luther King Day celebration mistakenly thanked James Earl Ray, King's assassin. Origins: Most of...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:43:54 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/mlkplaque.asp
97.
snopes.com: Windshield Washer Robbers
Is a naked woman distracting drivers by washing their windshields while her partner robs the cars?
...No, it is not a valid warning about an actual crime being perpetrated by gangs of naked women and their accomplices; it is merely a joke that is...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:43:57 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/windshield.asp
98.
snopes.com: Gunther Burpus
Was a German man caught bare-assed in cat door mistaken for a work of performance art?
...way inside his home through the pet's entrance. His cries for help attract a gang of students who pull down his pants, paint his derriere blue, stick a...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:44:14 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/embarrass/buff/burpus.asp
99.
snopes.com: Newspaper Distributors Rob ATM Users
ATM users in the UK are robbed by newspaper distributors who jostle their victims during transactions.
...a queue behind me) and £200 was taken from my account. Turns out there's a gang of very smart Romanians (in my case it was 2 guys and a girl) who are...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:45:36 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/jostle.asp
100.
snopes.com: Mr. Rogers' Returned Car
Mr. Rogers' stolen car was returned after thieves realized it was his?
...a treasured desk, was returned with this note from a member of the burglary gang: "Honored sir: When we robbed your house, we did not know that you wrote...
Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:45:57 GMT
http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/rogerscar.asp
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