Notably, the Pinkerton National Detective Agency hired women and minorities from its founding, a practice uncommon at the time. Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to private military contracting work. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War.

WorldwideServicesSecurity management, full-service risk management consulting, investigations, employment screening, protective services, security, crisis management, intelligence servicesParentSecuritas AB (2003''present)Website Pinkerton, founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the United States by Scotsman Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB. 'In an 11-Year-Old's Funeral, a Grim Lesson'.

CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) ^ Terry, Don (8 September 1994). Then he was killed by his own gang in a Chicago story that shocked the nation 25 years ago'. '11-year-old 'Yummy' Sandifer was on the run for killing a teenage girl. ^ Lee, William Buckley, Madeline (30 August 2019). Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. 'Locked up at 14 for an infamous murder, living with regrets and dreaming of a future'. ^ a b 'Two fellow gang members charged in execution of 11-year-old'. ^ ^ a b c Papajohn, George (2 September 1994). ^ 'TIME Magazine Cover: Robert (Yummy) Sandifer'. See Also Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside ShortyReferences ^ Long, Elizabeth Valk (19 September 1994). Sandifer became a symbol of the gang problem in American inner cities, the failure of social safety nets, and the shortcomings of the juvenile justice system. Coverage of Sandifer's death and retrospectives on his short, violent life were widely published in the American media. After committing murder, arson and armed robbery, he was murdered by his own fellow gang members who feared he could become an informant, and that he was attracting too much attention towards their activities.

Nicknamed Yummy because of his love of cookies, standing 137 cm (4 ft 6 in), Sandifer was a young member of the street gang the Black Disciples (BD). Sandifer's murder by fellow gang members in Chicago garnered national attention because of his age, resulting in his appearance on the cover of TIME magazine in September 1994. Cause of deathMurdered by gunshotsOther namesYummyOccupationStreet gang member(Black Disciples)Criminal statusDeceasedParent(s)Lorina SandiferRobert AkinsCriminal chargeMurder, arson, armed robbery, drug possessionPenaltyProbationRobert 'Yummy' Sandifer (Ma'- September 1, 1994) was an 11-year-old American boy from Chicago, Illinois.

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