The morning news here is remarkably consistent. Every single day, the headlines are usually a combination of three things:
Police shootings.
Hit and run fatalities.
Unexplained house fires.
This morning we're batting two for three.
The BPD's "shoot first, ask questions later" policy paid off with another victim... a man in a wheelchair. Allegedly he was suicidal, so the outcome was probably pre-ordained. Then again, they seem to say that about a lot of the people they shoot.
And the typical combination of drunk drivers and drunk pedestrians resulted in another round of what I like to call "Bako Frogger." This time the victim didn't even make it into the street and was mowed down on the sidewalk, so evidently the field of play has expanded. As a general rule of thumb it isn't safe to walk anywhere in this city, which is probably why few people do. Few sober people.
We haven't had a house fire yet, but the day is still young. Of course, there've been so many lately perhaps we've reached the month's quota already. They're always reported as some sort of freakish event even though they happen almost daily. "Authorities" are always "stumped" as to the cause.
Really? Here's a hint... "Eth-may Abs-lay".
