MICHAEL TABMAN's Blog (5)

I was interviewed on the local news last night regarding this tragic event. One of the first questions I was asked focused on the rarity of this type of kidnapping.…

A New York City Police Officer is accused of rape. He is also suspected of being a serial rapist. Earlier this year, two cops were acquitted of rape charges but convicted of official misconduct surrounding their actions involving the complainant of the rape accusation. 



Two other cops were recently accused of having engaged in a crime spree. Having read these accounts of cops allegedly engaging in criminal conduct, I did…

In a plea agreement, three men convicted of brutally murdering three young children are released after approximately twenty years in prison. The men agreed to plead guilty while maintaining their innocence; they had originally pled not guilty. This legal maneuver has caused concern amongst some legal analysts and confusion amongst the viewing public. 



Why was this case being re-visited? Apparently, through the appeals…

Within seconds, a mob of dozens of teenagers storm a 7-Eleven convenience store at 2 in the morning and steal items off the shelves and out of the coolers. This event appears to have been a flash mob organized through some form of social media. This is not the first outbreak of a flash mob and disturbingly, it appears to be a trend. 



A teenager stealing candy from a store, while criminal, is not the kind of crime that we…