Breaker Breaker 1-9: This Week's Most Ratchet Crimes in America

You can't make this stuff up.

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The word "ratchet" may be played out, but until the Internet agrees upon a more accurate description of these crimes, it will have to do. Everyday, someone decides to commit a thoroughly disturbing criminal activity. These crimes are often sad, but also imaginative. They provide an endless amount of source material, inspiring conversations about race, class and the American dream. This week's roundup includes a burrito, a bad booty lift, girlfriends biting boyfriends, cops killing other cops, heroin at daycare centers and much more. Not all crimes happened this week, but they will all give you pause. Read on for a look at the best of the worst. Send your tips for ratchet crime news to cityguidetips@complex.com. 

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Heroin Discovered in 2-Year-Old Boy's Jacket

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Teen Sets Mother's Clothes on Fire Because She Won't Give Him Pot Money

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Queens Man Arrested After 2,000 Packets of Heroin Are Discovered in Home

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Bad Booty Lift Leads to Manslaughter Charges in Manhattan

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Seattle Man Arrested for Assaulting Man Who Refused to Share His Burrito

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Michigan Woman Chews Boyfriend's Ear Off

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Eighty-Year-Old Man Attacked by Homeless Woman

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Retired Cop Who Shot Man for Texting During Movie

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Officer Arrested for Selling Meth to Undercover Cops

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Jacking Up Cop Cars With Hammer

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