Dead Serious is an organization in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...

, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 which offers $

United States dollar

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5,000 to any member that kills a criminal

Crime

Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority can ultimately prescribe a conviction...

 in self-defense. Membership is ten dollars. The leader of the group is Darrel Frank, who was previously convicted for burglary

Burglary

Burglary is a crime, the essence of which is illicit entry into a building for the purposes of committing an offense. Usually that offense will be theft, but most jurisdictions specify others which fall within the ambit of burglary...

 and assault

Assault

In law, assault is a crime causing a victim to fear violence. The term is often confused with battery, which involves physical contact. The specific meaning of assault varies between countries, but can refer to an act that causes another to apprehend immediate and personal violence, or in the more...

. Law enforcement officers

Police

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 and felons

Felony

A felony is a serious crime in the common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors...

 are excluded from this offer, meaning that Darrel Frank himself could not be able to accept the money since he is a felon.

The group's motto is "Anti Crime Zero Tolerance" and they own a black hearse

Hearse

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 as an official vehicle

Vehicle

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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram covered the story in February 1995, which sent an initial avalanche of media coverage from around the world towards the newly-founded organization.