>>>>>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? ;)
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>If you were a "regular" reader of my crime blog, you'd know that that list of adjectives relates to crimes.
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>Concerning that particular thugette, I said the following:
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>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

That is quite a Resume. It is a surprise she isn't in jail for life already.