Colin Flaherty

“Excuses do not have to be true, or relevant.”

— Colin Flaherty

Note to reporters: The sanctimony thing probably works better on someone who has never broken real stories.

— Colin Flaherty

“Just a few days before the attack on Burke, Parenting magazine named Wilmington the most “dangerous city in America.”

— Colin Flaherty

“I don't do the mob mind-reading trick, so I do not speak to motivation. But I do keep my eyes open and…

— Colin Flaherty

What she did was like the people stirring up the riots in Egypt and Libya, said my liberal brother John Flaherty. Just…

— Colin Flaherty

“In Delaware, violence among black teenagers was so rampant that the Black Elected Officials of New Castle County wrote a similar letter…

— Colin Flaherty

“The Chicago Sun-Times is a national leader in two areas: 1) Denying that racial mob violence exists, and 2) Explaining why it…

— Colin Flaherty

Writing about race and crime was not new territory for me. But it can be treacherous. So here are my rules: No…

— Colin Flaherty

“The mob took over South Street that warm Saturday night, the first of spring, as though popping up from nowhere, witnesses said.…

— Colin Flaherty

“Despite the news accounts from other reporters, despite the calls I made to police and city council members, she said none of…

— Colin Flaherty

“The Second City Cop is a blog for and by Chicago police officers. After a recent violent weekend featuring three attacks of…

— Colin Flaherty

“mob violence is what the prison psychologist calls “infantile omnipotence.” This is the feeling that because something has not happened to you…

— Colin Flaherty

“The flip side of the rising tide of black mob violence is what the prison psychologist calls "infantile omnipotence." This is the…

— Colin Flaherty

“In Detroit in 2011 “a Detroit pizza delivery man turned the tables on three would be crooks.” The black men ambushed the…

— Colin Flaherty

“It’s time to step up and start making examples out of people. Decent citizens black and white should not have to live…

— Colin Flaherty

“That brings us to the essence of this book: There are so many episodes of black mob violence, so astronomically out of…

— Colin Flaherty

“Deandre Felton was a good boy, his family and friends agree. He was also a leader. But on this night in September…

— Colin Flaherty

“Almost as sensational as the black mob beating up a pregnant teenager is the case of the Seattle teenager, who in 2011…

— Colin Flaherty

“Here is your law enforcement and media question of the day: Was the TV show COPS real or BS? It might have…

— Colin Flaherty

“Murphy’s grandfather, Paul Furst, told KSDK that Murphy was mentally challenged and did not deserve to die:4 I believe this is another…

— Colin Flaherty

“Lulu is not a big woman. This Atlanta grandmother is just over five feet tall. But she is a fighter, and she…

— Colin Flaherty

“Thai, like Vega, is Asian and openly gay. Before he died, Vega told police he’d been “attacked by three African-American males, all…

— Colin Flaherty

“What is it with Florida? In Pensacola, Jack Crawford answered his door only to get cracked on the head with a bat.…

— Colin Flaherty

“CONFESSIONS OF A GANGSTER A former gang member talks about racial violence from way back in the eighties. “It started out innocently,”…

— Colin Flaherty

“Using ShotSpotter, The New York Times reports that neighbors called police only 10 percent of the time that guns were fired in…

— Colin Flaherty

“In Chicago, two days later, two black people beat and robbed a “white boy” in revenge for Trayvon. Eighteen-year-old Alton Hayes III…

— Colin Flaherty

“The level of violence finally forced the local paper to do what the local police would not: Talk to the victims. Shaina…

— Colin Flaherty

Just say anything without even caring if it is true. That is how riots start.

— Colin Flaherty

“Something happened and I confirmed it. Or I did not write it. There is no seems. I did not say the attack…

— Colin Flaherty

“Ninety-nine out of a hundred conversations in the media about race go through the same kabuki: Ignore the victims. Humanize the thugs.…

— Colin Flaherty

“Let's not forget Chicago. There have been tons of attacks on Chicago Transit Authority buses and trains. The head of the CTA…

— Colin Flaherty

“If you raise your children to be victims, they’ll be victims as adult. Who do they attack? The elderly, the poor at…

— Colin Flaherty

“No one knows how often guns are used for self-defense. According to a Cato Institute white paper called Tough Targets, the number…

— Colin Flaherty

“Crime statistics are the first refuge of the reporters and public officials in denial about racial violence. But here is what they…

— Colin Flaherty

“When the Department of Justice came in and found the school had a long history of black-on-Asian racial violence that school officials…

— Colin Flaherty

“They left him with a broken jaw, black eye, and stitches in his face. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay came across Quain…

— Colin Flaherty

“My question to readers accusing us of political correctness is: Why do you care so much about the attackers’ race? If you…

— Colin Flaherty

“If you ever visit Wilmington, Delaware, you will probably hear about Tommy Burke. Or at least see his art work. He makes…

— Colin Flaherty

“But the report left little doubt about what happened that night. They talked to other members of Andre’s mob, plus a dozen…

— Colin Flaherty