Issue: January 2009
Law and Disorder
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Disturbances in Nottinghamshire
Today, "Luddite" refers to someone who is averse to technology. The original Luddites were highly skilled English craftsmen whose job, knitting stockings, was usurped by stocking frames in the early 1800s. Job loss combined with rising food costs resulted in riots and guerilla acts of violence.
As The Observer explained, "Their riotous spirit was ... roused ... by the trade having brought into use a certain wide frame for manufacture of stockings and gaiters, by which was produced a considerable saving in manual labour, lending still further to the decrease of the hands employed. ... A number of weavers assembled at different places in the vicinity of Nottingham, and commenced their career of outrage and riot, by forcibly entering the houses of such persons as had in use those frames..."
From 1811 to 1813, the Luddites became increasingly bold. Noted The Observer, "It must be admitted that the Luddites are well organized, and their leaders skilful [sic], since at Linton twenty frames were broken within a few hundred yards of the barracks, and the other depredations have been committed almost in the face of the regiments of soldiers. ..." Although the Luddites were largely disbanded after 1813, acts of violence against the growth of industry, loss of skilled jobs, and the concurrent rise in food prices continued as the working class and upper class sought balance during the Industrial Revolution.
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Co-Ed Murders: Local Tragedy,
International Headlines
Ann Arbor, Michigan, is consistently named a top city in which to live. Yet 40 years ago, it and a neighboring community, Ypsilanti, were caught in the grip of a serial killer.
Between 1967 and 1969, seven young women—including several University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University students—were found brutally murdered. The women all were discovered within a 10-mile radius, many near an abandoned farmhouse. Two similar murders also occurred in California during this period. "The Michigan murders and two in California were similar in their brutality. Some of the victims were shot and some raped; most were beaten, whipped or slashed. In at least three cases in Michigan and one in California, the victim was wearing a single earring when found."
While Ann Arbor was known as a hotbed of anti-war activism in the late 1960s, in 1969 it was this series of violent crimes that was making the headlines from Washington, D.C. to Chicago to Los Angeles and across the Atlantic to Ireland. On August 1, 1969, John Norman Collins was arrested as the suspected killer. A potential accomplice in the murders, Andrew Manuel, fled and was pursued by the FBI. He was found in Arizona.
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Stop! Thief!
We understand about the sugar and the silver, but why take the turtle whose happiness depends on pancakes made from a 200-year-old family recipe?
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Follow That Gangster!
Chase real-life outlaws and their gangs across the silver screen and over the pages of newspapers.
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Crime in Comics
Editorial cartoons offer social commentary about the state of crime, justice, and lawyers.
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Protection
In a dangerous and disorderly world, who knows what type of protection you might need....
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