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"ref": "1969, Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, pages 204–205:",
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"text": "Pedro Rodrigues Filho may as well be called the ‘’Dexter of Brazil’’ because he was a vigilante, only targeting criminals and avenging those who hurt him and people he loved.",
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"ref": "2024 September 6, Fuzzy_Proposal4417, “I don’t know if this is really funny or really sad”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026:",
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"ref": "2026 August 11, deebee1020, “There's been a lot of discourse online about the upcoming Primetime movie and the history and effectiveness of To Catch a Predator. Is Chris Hansen a bastard?”, in reddit.com, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026:",
"text": "He's the Dexter of narcissistic TV fame hounds. \"Given that I have this insatiable need to become famous on TV, at least I can do it by taking out the worst people.\"",
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