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In Winnipeg, Manitoba, in February, Andrew Hofer, 26, gave his brother’s name when police asked for identification. Hofer, who was trying to evade the police because he’d failed to pay a fine, didn’t know that a warrant for more serious charges was outstanding on his brother. Said Hofer’s lawyer, “This is the only time . . . I’ve heard of a person giving the police the name of somebody who’s in more trouble than they are.” (Well, in Peterborough, Ontario, last June, Anthony Duco, who had some unpaid traffic fines, gave police the name of his brother, who was wanted for sexual assault.)
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In January at a show in Paris on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo released a line of fashions resembling the striped uniforms worn by Holocaust victims. One item had numbers on the back, another had boot marks, and yet another was modeled by a woman who looked emaciated and had short cropped hair. Two weeks later, after protests, Kawakubo withdrew the line.
In May someone stole $3,500 from the car of Kyle Stone, the operator of a ticket agency in Providence, Rhode Island. The next morning Stone dropped by his bank to withdraw cash and spotted Steven Lewis, the man he had allegedly seen emerging from his car the night before. Lewis was arrested at the bank in the process of depositing $3,500.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): Illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
