Colin Flaherty: Random Violence Puzzles Reporters All Over The Country

Colin Flaherty (Author of Don't Make the Black Kids Angry and Knockout Game) Commentary News Video "Police: Man arrested after randomly punching people downtown" "Carjacking victim, 84: Suspects were 'in the car, down the driveway, gone. In 3 seconds'" "Man punched in the face by juveniles while sitting on MetroLink train in Maplewood"
https://local12.com/news/local/police-man-arrested-after-randomly-punching-people-downtown
by Angela Ingram, WKRCWednesday, March 20th 2019
The suspect, 29-year-old Ledavid Beasley, randomly assaulted at least four people, hitting them as they walked past him, according to witnesses.

https://www.whio.com/news/carjacking-victim-suspects-were-the-car-down-the-driveway-gone-seconds/seVYkdlxTpiQhqj0jEoNPL/
Updated: Friday, March 22, 2019 @ 6:01 AM
An 84-year-old Dayton woman is still black and blue and has pain in her wrists after two teens shoved her to the ground, snatched her purse and carjacked her earlier this month.

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/man-punched-in-the-face-by-juveniles-while-sitting-on-metrolink-train-in-maplewood/63-8c2fe717-d764-4520-9955-3027483cb394
Author: Ashley Cole
Published: 1:50 PM CDT March 21, 2019
Updated: 10:17 PM CDT March 21, 2019
Upon arrival at the Maplewood station at 7911 Manchester Road, the doors to the train opened and two or three suspects hit the man in the face at least three times. The suspect got off the train and ran.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/police-announce-arrest-charges-in-slaying-of-edwardsville-couple/article_90c3249b-c47a-5f73-acb5-7ca4b3efdea7.html
By Christine Byers and Rachel Rice Mar 20, 2019
EDWARDSVILLE • Police said Tuesday they had charged Zachary Capers, 23, with four counts of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of Michael and Lois Ladd.

Police said they knew of no connection between Capers and his victims, nor any reason why he might have killed them. They described Capers as a man with a last known address in Collinsville but who also lived on the streets.