A Neighborhood Stimulated

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Ricochet: Jack Dunphy

9/12/12

 

Seldom will you see so many of the pathologies affecting inner-city life on such vivid display as was seen today in Los Angeles. Crime, dependency, joblessness, and teen motherhood were all there, broadcast live to an uncomprehending America.

 

At around 11:00 this morning, four men robbed a Bank of America branch in Santa Clarita, a suburb about 30 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. As they made their getaway in a Volvo SUV, they were spotted by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, and then began one of those televised police pursuits for which Los Angeles has become so well known.

 

 

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When the Volvo got stuck in traffic near the intersection of Vermont and Vernon Avenues, hundreds upon hundreds of people poured into the street and surrounded sheriff’s deputies and LAPD officers, many shouting, “We want the money.”

 

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