Pursuit ends in flurry of email
Got this picture and a couple of others via email. They depict the LAPD pursuit that ended at Rosemead and Colorado Monday night in a fiery collision. (Why is it fiery and not firey?) Anyway thanks to the photog. I appreciate his effort.
Also got a note about the story:
The next time you do a piece about a high-speed chase, include some background about the suspect's upbringing. See, the media seems to believe that publicizing these spectacles is a deterrant. Personally, I don't think these elements ever read the papers or watch the news. By learning what kind of mothers these people had, or if they ever learned right from wrong, the public may be able to comprehend what drives these &**@^%#@.
I don't know how much time this man (or woman) thinks we have on our hands here, but there isn't enought time to background every idiot in a car chase.
The point about these stories is ...
...IT'S NEWS.
When somebody rolling through Pasadena at 100 mph flies through an intersection, creams an innocent motorist, wrecks a store front and shuts down traffic on two major boulevards, it needs to be reported. Forget about the driver's background. What about the poor guy who got creamed? what about the store owner? what about some poor schlub coming home from a swing shift job somewhere who has to endure trafic at midnight?
should we background all of them too?
Bottom line. No one here believes publicizing these stories is a deterrent. It's news. It's what we do.
FRANK GIRARDOT
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