>>>>I met with a reporter yesterday to answer some questions about the repeat offenders, and for some background. The local paper is going to be doing a story on them and also a story on my CyberWatch program.
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>>>>Anyway, if you want a little light amusement you might check out my blog at www.memphiscrime.blogspot.com
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>>>Interesting case under Thug Of The Week. Do you consider this woman (prostitute) a thug? A threat to public safety? Or is the thug label strictly based on number of arrests?
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>>ANYONE who has been arrested 100 times or more IS the definition of a Thug. She has been arrested for a litany of charges, as you see in my description of her.
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>Ok, I'll bite. Since when being a "pedestrian" a crime? What is the penalty? ;)

If you were a "regular" reader of my crime blog, you'd know that that list of adjectives relates to crimes.

Concerning that particular thugette, I said the following:

Based on her litany of charges and convictions over the past 20 years, you could say she is, or has been, a: disorderly, drug-dealing, escaping, failing, resisting, thieving, driving, indecent, obstructing, violating, contemptible, vandalizing, manufacturing, forging, pedestrian, soliciting, prostitute.
That came from the following charges. . . and I left a few off.
disorderly conduct
selling a controlled substance
escape
failure to appear for booking/processing
resisting arrest
theft
dui
indecent exposure
obstructing traffic (another Ho charge)
violation of probation
contempt of court
vandalism
manufacturing/delivering/selling a controlled substance
forgery
pedestrian soliciting rides (Ho charge)
soliciting prostitution
prostitution