This started off as the scariest Halloween that I’ve ever experienced. I’m not scared of very many things. This is a list of things that scare me:
Sharks
MS-13
Sharks are carnivorous sea creatures. MS-13 is a Salvadorian street gang. Both are known for savage murder. I wasn’t near the ocean, so fear number one was not a concern. Fear number two became a concern, when I found out where the Halloween party was.
The party was at a historic hotel next to MacArthur Park. I knew the park for its lake, and gang-related drug warfare. After finding hearing the location of the party, I developed a plan to avoid all trouble. Run up Alvarado, to Sixth, and dash into the party, without getting murdered. Easy-peasy. But things changed when we were invited to pre-party on Alvarado and 11th.
Alvarado and 11th is the heart of MS-13 territory!
We’ve got a new guest blog post for you. Jeremy Goode has written about the things he’s learned about while watching Law and Order.
Murder victims are almost always discovered by two or more people talking about vapid nonsense, and occasionally they’ll say some unintentional one-liner (or if it’s a single person, he or she will invariably be talking on a cell phone and say something like “I gotta go” or “I’ll call back later” after discovering said victim).
Witnesses always gets killed by mob hitmen or gang members no matter how much protection they have. The same goes for battered women and their exes.
NYPD detectives are overly sarcastic and tend to get into long-winded ethical/sociopolitical debates.
An obviously guilty murderer who gets off on a technicality will later meet his fate outside the courthouse, where a vengeful and grieving surviving relative will shoot him to death.
If Homicide is talking to a victim’s friend/co-worker/character witness at work, he or she will respond in an angry-yet-impatient way. “Sheila’s dead?!! But who’s going to cover for me NOW?”
If police are talking to people at work, they’ll continue to do work and not be told to stop what they’re doing.
Suspects will always let the police in their residences if they ask to come in and have a look around instead of asking them for a warrant.
Suspects seldom insist on their rights in general.
Thank you Jeremy, infoMania recently taught me that dogs LOVE Law and Order.
