-=>> BOB KLAHN wrote to BOB BREED <=-   
      
    BK>>  ...   
      
    LL>>> Another school shooting today.  This time in California.   
    LL>>> Two dead.  Shooter captured alive by police.  Free medical,   
    LL>>> three square meals, warm cot ...   
      
    BB>> Which makes me wonder if all this coverage doesn't trigger   
    BB>> other cases?  Maybe we'd do better to not make these events   
    BB>> 24/7 coverage?  Just a thought...   
      
    BK>>  Probably a good one, but won't happen. Like the report maybe a   
    BK>>  couple years ago. Homicides had gone down something like 60%,   
    BK>>  but reporting on homicides had gone up 700%.   
      
    BB> Sounds about right.  Papers and all media love bad news.   
      
    They love money. If good news sold papers they would pring more   
    good news. Come to think of it, they do. When something big   
    happens and people want multiple copies they make special runs.   
      
    BB> Yesterday some cop up in L.A. went bonkers and killed a   
    BB> couple, then wounded one cop, killed another. Ex-military   
    BB> who feels he was screwed over by his fellow cops because he   
    BB> felt one used excessive force and reported him. Backlash,   
    BB> now his name is smeared and off he goes. The couple he   
    BB> killed was the daughter of his ex-police chief, then his   
    BB> lawyer.  As of this morning he's still running loose and   
    BB> vows he's not afraid to die.   
      
    Wonder if they have mental health checks for police in LA. OTOH,   
    I have read a lot of bad things about LA cops vs citizens, this   
    seems like the flip side.   
      
    BB> No telling how many more he'll take with him before the get   
    BB> him.   
      
    Quite possibly just himself.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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