Anti-government squatter killed in Pittsburgh standoff

A man known as William Hardison, who had been living illegally in a house in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood since March, was killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers on Wednesday. Hardison, who was wearing body armor, had barricaded himself in the house and exchanged hundreds of rounds of gunfire with the officers during a standoff that lasted more than six hours. Hardison had a record of legal issues, including several motor vehicle violations, forgery, …

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Man convicted for killing roommate with sword

Jerry Thompson, a 45-year-old Connecticut man, has been convicted of the brutal decapitation of his roommate, Victor King, using a samurai sword. The gruesome act was the culmination of a rent dispute, as stated by the Hartford State Attorney’s Office. Thompson, who dismissed his court-appointed lawyer, chose to represent himself during the trial, speaking minimally and refraining from cross-examining the state’s witnesses. Thompson submitted a handwritten legal document, “Sovereign Immunity,” in which he claimed that …

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