Comments on: Another L.A. Shooting — This One Hits Home

By: RightWingDuck

RightWingDuck — Thu, 12 May 2005 18:45:21 +0000

When I first moved here 5 years ago, I assumed that LA drivers would be laid back and relaxed. WAs I ever wrong. I’ve never seen so many people get so bent out of shape over little things.

I hope they catch the guy/s/gals who did this.

By: KenS

KenS — Thu, 12 May 2005 06:21:14 +0000

I lived near there 43 years ago when I married. One St. Patrick’s Day (evening actually) my wife and I liked the weather so we walked to a party roughly 3 miles away instead of driving. And walked back about 2 AM. Nice stroll, people said hello.

Ten years later such a night was unthinkable and no one sane would have walked at 2 AM. I began to avoid central LA in the 1970s when I sensed that seeing more might lead to suicide.

My grandchildren would not believe those streets of 1963 ever existed.

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 12 May 2005 05:20:35 +0000

Hmmm….

I have often driven these streets before,
But I’ve never been the target of gunfire before
Now I’m glad that I’ve
Just come out alive
Driving out on the streets where I live…

— My Fair Homie

Yup. I’ve been following this too, and I do a lot of driving in the area.

By: Brady Westwater

Brady Westwater — Thu, 12 May 2005 04:00:52 +0000

I too know this intersection very well. We were trying to hold a Planning and Land Use meeting of DLANC a few blocks away this afternoon - and not a single person showed up for over a half-hour because the trafic was so congested.

My fear is that the more publicity there is about these shootings, the more copy cat shootings there are going to be, even though this one may be a bit atypical. Somehow the press needs to find a way of reporting these crimes without sensationalizing them.

By: John C.

John C. — Thu, 12 May 2005 03:42:01 +0000

I take that on-ramp, too. Can’t believe, with all the congestion around, that somebody didn’t see it and call it in. And I’ve been in that angry position, where somebody does something that is flat-out wrong and they KNOW they are doing wrong by cutting in, and wanted to act out. Hope the truth comes out on this soon.

(P.S. Patterico, I dig your site and the way you write about stuff, wishing you the best!)