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Because before, kids are watching TV and then, much later, there is a crime wave, but it can’t be tightly linked to TV.
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David Remnick, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Cash-in-transit, or CIT, heists are one of the most dramatic illustrations of a crime wave that has shocked even the most hardened South Africans.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet much of the public still thinks the U.S. is in the midst of a crime wave.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The infamous and bloodthirsty MS-13 gang may be exploring an alliance with a gang of Venezuelan migrants blamed for a crime wave in New York City and trying to plant roots in other parts of the United States, according to the FBI.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
Some of the arrests recently made in relation to the crime wave have been Venezuelan migrants.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The arrests on Thursday, however, were unrelated to that crime wave.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
John Bigs, who initiated an online petition opposing Thao, blamed the recent crime wave on a lack of funding for police and a delay in filling the empty office of police chief.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
But in the Fulton County courtroom, direct evidence such as eyewitness testimony tying Young Thug to the Young Slime Life (YSL) street gang’s scary crime wave is scarce.
—Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
David Remnick, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Cash-in-transit, or CIT, heists are one of the most dramatic illustrations of a crime wave that has shocked even the most hardened South Africans.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Yet much of the public still thinks the U.S. is in the midst of a crime wave.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The infamous and bloodthirsty MS-13 gang may be exploring an alliance with a gang of Venezuelan migrants blamed for a crime wave in New York City and trying to plant roots in other parts of the United States, according to the FBI.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2024
Some of the arrests recently made in relation to the crime wave have been Venezuelan migrants.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
The arrests on Thursday, however, were unrelated to that crime wave.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
John Bigs, who initiated an online petition opposing Thao, blamed the recent crime wave on a lack of funding for police and a delay in filling the empty office of police chief.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
But in the Fulton County courtroom, direct evidence such as eyewitness testimony tying Young Thug to the Young Slime Life (YSL) street gang’s scary crime wave is scarce.
—Bill Hochberg, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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“Crime wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20wave. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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