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With hooliganism rife in English soccer throughout the 1980s and the events of Heysel still fresh in the memory, there were immediate attempts to assign blame on the Liverpool fans and defend policing at the match.—
Steve Douglas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025 -
In 2011, he was fined and banned from Romanian stadiums for six months after being accused of hooliganism and racist chants during a soccer match between Romania and Bosnia.—
Andrew Higgins,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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The wide availability of weapons, the use of drugs, and the developing criminal justice system all contribute to the high level of criminality in the country.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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The movie exploited the loosening codes of the time, to make for a more frank depiction of urban criminality.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
31 May 2025
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Sterling Williams, who was charged with principle to simple escape and malfeasance in office, cut off the water to a cell's toilet so inmates could remove it without flooding the area, Murrill alleged in a news release last week.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
27 May 2025
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Sterling Williams, 33, who was an employee of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office for allegedly turning off the water in the cell from which the escapees fled.—
Peter D'Abrosca , Nate Foy,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2025
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Release date: Friday, June 20 Cast: Guy Pearce, Cosmo Jarvis, Vincent Miller, Toby Wallace Director-screenwriter: Charles Williams 1 hour 43 minutes Inside is not the usual story of damnation or redemption, of the unbreakable cycles of crime or even the virtues of rehabilitation, like Sing Sing.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2025
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His meeting with Angelo, known as ‘A Sirena,’ the mob boss of Secondigliano, then marks his entry into the world of crime.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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“Gangsterism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangsterism. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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