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Calvinitri White was falsely arrested for child neglect after police said she lived in a roach-infested apartment with her three children but charges were dismissed after she proved she had been trying for months to get the landlord to address the issue.
Saved you a click
So they arrested the landlord next, right?
Riiiiiioiggghhhhhtttt
I just edited the headline to de-clickbait
The hed itself is a shitshow that should have been taken out back and shot.
After Black woman urged landlord for pest control, roaches lead to her arrest from unrelated 911 call
Not sure what I'd do with a 1-44-4 in this case
Nah, I've still got it:
Ignored
requests
lead to
arrest
The dek can carry the context.
Tenants HATE this one weird trick to get them arrested FOR FREE!!!!!!!!
The coverage is solid, but ugh ... "the shocking truth unveiled"? Really?
Yeah. A lot of news now has these weird LLM-type clickbait text constructions that are really off putting to me.
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