[FoxNews] David Simpson allegedly killed one man and wounded another in a parking dispute at an east Charlotte apartment complex
A convicted killer allegedly shot two men, killing one, less than two hours after he was released from a North Carolina jail on bond last week, a stunning timeline that is raising fresh questions about why the repeat violent offender was free in the first place.
David Simpson, 29, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and possession of a firearm by a felon in the July 29 shooting at an east Charlotte apartment complex. A Mecklenburg County judge on Friday ordered that he be held without bond.
Court records obtained by WCNC show Simpson was released from the Mecklenburg County Jail at 12:20 a.m. after posting a $10,000 bond on an unrelated charge of possession of a weapon by a prisoner. Police said the shooting happened less than two hours later, around 1:45 a.m., leaving one man dead and another seriously wounded.
Score: one dead, one injured, and $10,000 from the bail bondsman in the kitty.
Police said the shooting followed a long-running dispute over a parking space outside the apartment complex. Officers had already been called to the property twice that night after arguments broke out between the victims and residents over where they had parked.
Surveillance video cited in the documents appears to show Simpson outside with his girlfriend when the victims' SUV drove past. Detectives said Simpson went inside, returned carrying what they described as a weighted black bag, and ran toward the victims.
About 10 minutes later, two gunshots can be heard on the video. Roughly 30 seconds after that, Simpson is seen jogging back toward his apartment while handling the bag before driving away, investigators said. Officers recovered two spent 7.62-caliber rifle casings at the scene.
Court records show Simpson was previously charged with first-degree murder in a 2013 fatal shooting but pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2015, Queen City News reported. He served about five years in prison before being released on parole in 2020.
Since then, he has been arrested several more times, including on multiple charges of possession of a firearm by a felon, WBTV reported.
He also had pending charges this year for possession of a firearm by a felon, resisting a public officer and misdemeanor larceny, WCNC reported, citing court records.
Charlotte defense attorney Tim Cannady, who is not involved in the case, questioned why Simpson remained free despite his history.
"If you look at his history, it seems like this gentleman has picked up just about every year up to this point some kind of a violent crime," Cannady told WCNC. "So you kind of have to ask the question: Why wasn't he already in jail?"
Former Charlotte City Council member Tariq Bokhari offered a similar criticism.
"We know what these top 1% of repeat offenders are going to do, and for some reason, we just don't have the appetite to take action," Bokhari told WBTV. "It feels like 'Groundhog Day,' to be quite honest."
[NYP] An unhinged, 44-year-old naked man jumped off the top of the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday afternoon in front of shocked onlookers — and miraculously survived, according to cops and wild video.
The nutjob affixed multiple flags at the top of the bridge and "took off clothing" after he scaled the north tower on the Manhattan side of the iconic bridge around 2:30 p.m., police sources said.
The NYPD’s Emergency Services Unit tried to convince him to come down, but he leapt instead.
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[GeorgiaRecord] Growing concerns over the privacy risks of Flock Safety’s license plate reader and surveillance camera networks have intensified after a string of alleged misuse cases involving both law enforcement officers and company personnel, reinforcing arguments that the sensitive data these systems collect should not be gathered at all because patterns of abuse appear impossible to fully prevent.
In Savannah, the Police Department announced that six employees — four officers and two civilian staff members — were placed on administrative leave after an internal audit found potential misuse of the department’s Flock Safety license plate reader system, according to WJCL. The cases were referred to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation for independent criminal investigation, and the employees face possible discipline up to termination.
The alleged violations, identified through SPD’s auditing processes under the Flock Safety Audit Assistance Program, involved searches unrelated to official law enforcement purposes, including queries targeting personal acquaintances and family members. One officer is also accused of providing access to the SPD Flock system to personnel from an outside agency. The internal probe began July 27.
“Misuse of law enforcement tools and technology by SPD staff will not be tolerated,” Savannah Police Chief Lenny B. Gunther said in a statement. “The public places tremendous trust in us, and that trust must be earned every day.” SPD noted that all searches are logged and that weekly audits by its Office of Professional Standards have been added. Both investigations remain ongoing.
The Savannah municipal administration has been especially nefarious in its support of globalist goals, including being soft on crime, Flock camera installation, and enablement of mass homelessness.
A similar case unfolded in Fayetteville, where the Police Department fired three officers after they allegedly misused the Flock camera system, according to WSFB. Testing of a new auditing feature revealed that the officers conducted searches outside their scope of work, including looking up their own license plates or those of friends and family. The unidentified officers were first placed on administrative leave before being terminated.
“The department will not speculate regarding the intent behind those searches,” the Fayetteville Police Department said in a statement. “However, searches of this nature are subject to strict scrutiny and were determined to have been conducted without a legitimate law-enforcement purpose, thereby constituting a violation of department policy.”
Yet, it keeps happening. The department requested a criminal investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation; no charges have been announced.
These incidents form part of a wider pattern across Georgia. A parallel controversy in metro Atlanta, reported by the Dunwoody-Brookhaven Ledger, revealed that Flock Safety executives themselves accessed sensitive camera feeds. Public records obtained by Dunwoody resident Jason Hunyar showed that Flock Vice President of Strategic Relations and Business Development Bob Carter logged into the Dunwoody Police Department’s 400-camera network on Sept. 30, 2025, and viewed only one feed: a camera inside a children’s gymnastics room at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta. Another Flock employee accessed three MJCC cameras, including gym and pool feeds, on July 23, 2025.
[DM] Jordan Salinas, 35, was headed out for a horseback riding date with his girlfriend on Saturday afternoon when he was suddenly faced with putting the techniques he had learned to use.
He pulled into the restaurant's parking lot around 2.30pm, around the same time that Chad Williams, 24, opened fire on innocent people with an AR-style rifle, cops said.
Salinas immediately saw people running for their lives before realizing that a gunman was to blame for the chaos, he recalled to the Idaho Statesman. An unnamed off-duty trooper also fired at Williams, police said.
An 'automatic' and 'mechanical' response quickly set in for him, as Salinas ran toward the danger after reaching for his shoulder holster and pulling out an FN Five Seven - a semi-automatic pistol with a suppressor - on Williams.
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Have to ask about the shooter, 24 /o Chad Williams.
Was IT just another mentally ill mindless Liberal-Socialist-Democrat, committing suicide by proxy for historical mention?
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I believe one of the guys wounded the shooter but they will never let it be known in the news so they don't go against the anti gun narrative .
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Given there are over 500 Million legally privately owned firearms in the USA, and less than 0.0046868 of 1% are were ever used in a justified death or murder.
It has been clear based on crime data, for a very long time, that the Far Left, its mentally or culturally deranged followers commit a vast majority of all mass shootings and murders. So clear that the Obama Admin temporarily ceased collecting National Crime Statistics Data.
eg. 2024 FBI figures show that Blacks alone kill almost 9.5x's more Blacks than Whites. Yet Blacks are only about 14% of the US population.
So the media, the Dem's, with its Anti-Constitutional anti-gun narrative are actually attacking their own voters and the LSD supporters.
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@1 The murderer falls into the regular age range of most mass shooters and was probably on prescription drugs for his mental health.
@2 The MSM may not print it, but it will get out if either the armed civilian or the state trooper or both, hit the murderer and how many times.
The armed civilian's weapon caliber is already know, it was chambered in 5.7 x 28, with a suppressor and a flashlight, hence the odd profile of the gun in the pictures and video out there.
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Boy howdy. Statistically “Croat Muslims” are far less common in that Area than young angry blancos who can be ginned up to attack a newly minted badge of Kali invasion. Long history of Fed’s playing cowboys and Indians up there.
Not so many in the western parts, but along the Gulf coast, hell yes! Anahuac is officially the Alligator Capital of Texas. They got more gators than people!
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[Regnum] August is the best time to include seasonal vegetables, fruits, and berries in your diet, as they are rich in vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber. Nutritionist Yulia Sharapova spoke with Regnum News Agency on Sunday, August 2.
"It's plum season now. Pectin is very beneficial for the gut and helps normalize microflora. Berries are a good source of anthocyanins and other anti-inflammatory substances. And watermelon contains lycopene, which is also found in tomatoes. This antioxidant protects cells from free radicals. Furthermore, watermelon helps replenish fluids," the expert shared.
She added that melon is a source of beta-carotene and vitamin C, and among vegetables, bell peppers remain one of the highest in vitamin C content. The expert also recommended including eggplant in the diet more often.
"The brighter and more saturated the color of fruits and vegetables, the more anthocyanins they contain. These substances protect nerve cells and blood vessels," the nutritionist explained.
Sharapova recommended focusing on foods rich in fiber. According to her, the best sources are all types of cabbage, beets, carrots, apples, pears, and plums. Apples are especially beneficial when eaten with the peel. Meanwhile, cucumbers, tomatoes, and zucchini contain less fiber but are good for replenishing fluids.
The expert added that people watching their weight or blood sugar levels don't necessarily need to completely give up seasonal fruits. She pointed out that even watermelon, which has a high glycemic index, can be consumed on a diet thanks to its low glycemic load.
" As long as seasonal fruits and vegetables aren't super sweet, they'll still be healthy. However, those trying to lose weight or those with diabetes should limit their consumption of bananas and mangoes," the specialist concluded
As the song goes “I’m not drunk, I’m just drinking!” Especially after eating alcohol-injected watermelon…
After drinking alcohol, a person may be more likely to attract mosquitoes due to changes in the body. This was reported by Konstantin Kitaev, a candidate of biological sciences, in an interview with Regnum News Agency on Sunday, July 2.
According to the expert, the common belief that mosquitoes are attracted to alcohol is not entirely true.
“Mosquitoes are not directly attracted to alcohol,” Kitaev emphasized.
The biologist explained that insects are primarily guided by human body heat and sweat odor. After drinking alcohol, blood vessels do dilate, and the skin becomes warmer, which can make a person more noticeable to mosquitoes. A similar effect also occurs after physical activity, such as running or intense training.
The expert also refuted the idea that when processing alcohol, the body begins to release significantly more carbon dioxide, which serves as one of the main indicators for mosquitoes.
"It's released when a person expends energy and is active. Of course, increased blood circulation also contributes to some extent to increased carbon dioxide production," Kitaev explained.
Alcohol also affects human odor. In the liver, it is converted into acetaldehyde, which is then excreted in sweat and can impart a characteristic unpleasant odor. However, according to the biologist, there is no evidence that this specific odor triggers a specific reaction in insects.
"Mosquitoes had no need to adapt to the smell of alcohol, so neither its attraction nor its repulsion became evolutionarily ingrained," the expert concluded.
Vadim Maryinsky, a research fellow at the Department of General Ecology and Hydrobiology at Moscow State University's Faculty of Biology, previously told Regnum News Agency that mosquitoes are repelled by any strong odor, including the scent of garlic. He emphasized that in today's climate, there's no point in resorting to outdated methods of controlling these bloodsuckers. Stores offer a wide selection of repellents that will protect against mosquito and midge bites if used according to instructions.
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[Regnum] The Earth will be hit by the first moderate magnetic storm of this month on the evening of August 2. This was reported by the press service of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to scientists, a cloud of solar plasma ejected by the solar flare of July 30 is approaching Earth. The bulk of the ejection will miss the planet, but its edge is expected to still hit Earth and trigger a magnetic storm.
Experts consider this scenario the most likely. They explained that on the night of July 30-31, instruments recorded a stream of high-energy protons, which usually precedes the arrival of a solar plasma cloud.
The magnetic storm is expected to peak between 6:00 PM and 9:00 PM Moscow time. Scientists predict it will reach level G2, which ranks as the medium level on the five-point geomagnetic activity scale.
The day before, Mikhail Leus, a leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, also warned that a magnetic storm could hit Earth within the next 24 hours. He estimated the probability of this scenario at 75%. According to his forecast, geomagnetic disturbances could last up to nine hours.
Earlier, Sergei Bogachev, head of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, stated that magnetic storms will continue to occur regularly on Earth for at least the next two years. He stated that the current solar activity cycle has already peaked, but during its decline, geomagnetic disturbances will continue to occur due to coronal holes on the Sun. The scientist predicts that magnetic storms will only completely disappear during the solar cycle minimum, expected in 2028–2031.
[ShabelleMedia] Tigray’s interim administration has accused Æthiopia’s federal government of launching a new military offensive in western Tigray, warning that the operation could unravel the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement and reignite one of Africa’s deadliest recent conflicts.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the interim administration said federal forces began military operations at dawn in the Shererina area of western Tigray, describing the move as the start of an "open war" against the region after months of mounting political and security tensions between Addis Ababa and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
…the ethnic revolutionary socialist party that ruled Ethiopia from 1991 to 2018, when it lost the government in an election to Abiy Ahmed, then has been fighting off and on to get it back from him ever since…
The administration accused Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government of failing to implement key provisions of the Pretoria agreement, including restoring essential services, resolving the disputed status of western Tigray, facilitating the return of displaced people and completing agreed security arrangements.
It also alleged that the federal government had maintained an economic and service blockade on the region while increasing dronezaps and troop deployments in recent months.
The Tigray authorities called on residents, security forces, civil society groups and religious leaders to prepare to defend the region, while urging the international community to intervene swiftly to prevent a renewed conflict that could trigger fresh displacement and a worsening humanitarian crisis.
Æthiopia’s federal government had not publicly responded to the allegations as of Saturday, and there was no independent confirmation of the reported fighting in Shererina.
The accusations come amid deteriorating relations between Addis Ababa and the TPLF, the former ruling party that fought federal forces during the two-year civil war. In recent weeks, Abiy has accused the TPLF, Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... and Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... of conspiring against Æthiopia’s security, while Tigray leaders argue that the Pretoria peace deal has effectively failed because its most critical provisions remain unimplemented.
Key disputes continue to centre on the future of western Tigray, the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people, the disarmament of Tigrayan forces and the region’s political status, issues that have long hindered full implementation of the peace agreement.
The war between Æthiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces from 2020 to 2022 is estimated to have killed hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions and devastated infrastructure across northern Æthiopia. Although the Pretoria agreement ended large-scale hostilities, analysts have repeatedly warned that unresolved political and territorial disputes leave the grinding of the peace processor fragile.
The United States, the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... , the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... have repeatedly urged both sides to avoid renewed fighting and fully implement the peace accord, warning that another conflict in Tigray could further destabilize the Horn of Africa as Æthiopia continues to face security challenges in the Amhara and Oromia regions.
[MAIL] Ukraine has unleashed what is believed to be its most intense bombing campaign of the war, setting fires across Russia and blowing up a drone factory last night.
A total of 1,165 drones, bombs and missiles were downed or destroyed by Putin's forces.
In Belgorod, just 20 miles from Russia's border with Ukraine, a drone factory.
Footage shared online showed the factory being blown up. A woman was heard saying: 'Everything's on fire there, everything. It's a disaster, that's where they make drones and teach you how to fly them. It's ****ed, it's all blown up.'
In attacks on Ukraine’s best day of the war striking Russia, he lost two major oil refineries Saratov and Ufa, and a Wildberries base at Novosemeykino in Samara region, while also facing attacks on the Engels-2 airbase, home to his strategic bomber aircraft.
Fuel trucks heading to Russia-controlled Crimea were also hit.
Also among the targets of the strikes was a warehouse belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries in the Vladimir region, about 112 miles east of Moscow.
'A fire broke out at one of the company's logistics sites in the Vladimir region following an attack,' Wildberries said in a statement, adding that warehouse staff had been evacuated.ry was targeted by drones.
[JustTheNews] Supreme Court of Australia's most populous province says Kirralie Smith and her women's rights group Binary committed "transgender vilification."
[Just The News] Foreign buyers pulled back from the U.S. housing market over the past year, buying $45.3 billion worth of existing homes, the second-lowest level on record, according to a new report.
Foreigners bought those homes from April 2025 through March 2026, according to the National Association of Realtors 2026 International Transactions in U.S. Residential Real Estate report. That's a 19.1% decrease in dollar value and a 14% drop in the number of properties purchased from the previous 12-month period.
International buyers purchased 67,100 properties, the second-lowest level since NAR began tracking foreign buyer activity in 2009. The median purchase price was $465,000, down from last year's record high of $494,400. It's the first full-year report covering the period after President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
The decline in foreign buyer activity mirrors a drop in international visitors and tourists to the United States, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said. Even a slightly weaker U.S. dollar over the past year, which gives foreign buyers more purchasing power, failed to spur more activity, he noted.
Canada returned as the top country of origin, accounting for 16% of foreign buyer purchases, up from 14% a year ago, followed by Mexico at 14%. China, last year's leader, fell to third at 11%.
Chinese buyers still spent the most, with a dollar volume of $7.6 billion, reflecting an average purchase price of about $1 million.
[IsraelTimes] Following petition from animal rights group against move to surround Ketziot Prison with Nile crocodiles, Jerusalem District Court gives state until Wednesday to respond
I suppose force feeding them escaping Palestinian terrorists would indeed be cruel.
Every group has its arrogant, young idiots — here Israel punishes theirs.
[IsraelTimes] Video of overnight incident shows assailants hurling rocks at wall of Old City compound; allegedly told told Armenian woman, ‘Get back inside, you daughter of a whore!’
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^Because humbling ourselves to show Gentiles how sorry we are, never works. Especially when dealing with "pro-Falestinian" pigs like Armenia. These young shits broke Israeli law, and are punished under it.
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A Russian, a Pole, an American, and an Israeli are interviewed.
The interviewer asks each, in turn, "Excuse me, what is your opinion on the current meat shortage?" The Russian replies, "What's an 'opinion'?" The Pole replies, "What's 'meat'?" The American replies, "What's a 'shortage'?" And the Israeli replies, "What's 'excuse me'?"
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And since you're a Jewish penguin, that's NOT an antisemitic joke.
#8
No, that's an Israeli joke. Jews rea different. Here is a Jewish joke:
Mrs. Ida Gomberg, the dentist’s widow, has become a world traveler in her later years, mostly by way of expensive cruises. One day she reads of a cruise on a ship modeled after a Roman slave galley in which the exact conditions of the ships of the Emperor Augustus are simulated, and the passengers all go as slaves, rowing the large ship.
Mrs. Gomberg is met at the airport in Rome and taken directly to the ship in harbor at the Tiber. Her luggage is taken from her along with the clothes she is wearing. She is given a burlap garment and a pair of rough-hewn sandals. She is seated on a splintery bench below deck, her legs locked into irons, a bowl of gruel at her side, and the handle of a large oar placed in her lap.
A man in Roman dress seats himself behind a large drum. Another man, also in Roman garb, with a whip in hand, takes his place on a platform just above the drummer. The drummer beats out a dull staccato: boom, boom, boom, boom. The man with the whip cracks it high over his head and cries,
“Row, you swine, you dogs, barbarians, scum of the earth! Row!” And the whip cracks again. Oar in hand, Mrs. Gomberg turns to the woman next to her on the bench, a Mrs. Silverman, by her name tag, and asks:
“Excuse me, Mrs. Silverman, but have you by any chance been on this cruise before?”
“Once before,” says Mrs. Silverman, slightly out of breath from the strenuous rowing.
“If you don’t mind my asking,” replies Mrs. Gomberg, “how much do you tip the whipper?”
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You got me Grom, I only learned a few Yiddish swear words from my relatives, and I didnt take German in high school. I should have taken Spanish, but instead I took French because of scheduling issues. ( Had a few good weeks in Paris in the 1980s though)
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Just explains how it all works - pretty obvious*
*Personal disclosure: I was transferred to artillery as a reservist.
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Made for the Yiddish version of The Forward, whose readers are Jewish Socialists in Manhattan — not my kind of people. The only thing I couldn’t understand was that bit at the end where he showed a regular bullet.
I fail to grasp why Germans insist on subtitles for Yiddish films.
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YIL that only two official translations of Wex's wonderful Kvetch have been published. Source: cursory websearch. Russian (duh). French. Not the Spanish I was looking for and figured would be a no-brainer. Not Arabic or Mandarin or Hindi. Not even, semi-relevantly, Hebrew or Yiddish or German. Lucky for me it was at least published in Jesus's native tongue.
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tongue Texan. Sigh. Mad dogs and Irishmen.
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I downloaded the Kindle sample chapters to see what it’s all about. — thanks for the reco.
In Jesus’ time the everyday language of the region was Aramaic. Hebrew was the Jewish holy language for study and prayer, Latin and koine Greek were for speaking with the Roman and Greek colonists, soldiers, and Roman government administrators who spoke those tongues. As a literate, educated man, as so many Jews of the area were then, Jesus would have known them all. Many Jews of the Diaspora, however, no longer knew Hebrew, which is why the Septuagint, a koine Greek translation of the Jewish bible, was begun in the 3rd century before Christ in Alexandria, Egypt. This is the Bible known to the early Christians, and is the basis of the Christian bible. Or at least the Catholic and Orthodox Old Testaments — the Protestants went to the Jewish Masoretic Text, translating directly from the original Hebrew for themselves.
Yiddish is the language of the Ashkenazi Jews: based on medieval high German, written in the Hebrew alphabet, with a liberal admixture of vocabulary from the languages of Eastern Europe and Russian. The language of the Sephardi Jews, the Jews originally from Spain snd Portugal, but later fled to North Africa, Turkey, Amsterdam, New Amsterdam, and beyond (there was still a small community in Sarajevo in the 1990s) was Ladino, based on Spanish. There is also a Jewish language based on Arabic — and probably more that I’m not aware of. ;-)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.