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2016-01-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Queens teenager Jihad Jackson fatally shot in Jamaica, is last murder victim of 2015 in New York City

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Posted by Fred 2016-01-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Just a note - Before you decide to name your child Jihad, get a mental picture of a conservatively dressed row of HR professionals rifling through a stack of applications from potential job candidates. Now picture every application from a person named Jihad being tossed in a garbage can. Just name the kid Mohammed, Omar or Barrak, if you must, and things will turn out

Posted by Super Hose 2016-01-03 01:24|| 2016-01-03 01:24|| Front Page Top

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-01-03 03:18|| 2016-01-03 03:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Jihad Jackson became the last murder victim of 2015, a year that saw a 4.5% increase — from 333 to 348 — in homicides. It was the first time the number of murders increased from year to year in New York since 2010.

What's the over/under for this year?

Posted by Pappy 2016-01-03 12:15|| 2016-01-03 12:15|| Front Page Top

#4 400

Posted by Frank G 2016-01-03 13:00|| 2016-01-03 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 NYC lost out to Chicago with 484 murders in 2015.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2016-01-03 13:37|| 2016-01-03 13:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Someone shoulda told this boy that Jihad is a "spiritual" struggle.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-01-03 17:52|| 2016-01-03 17:52|| Front Page Top

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