Man shot on California Freeway

[Initech]

Another highway shooting. This time on the Long Beach (I-710) freeway.

http://www.kfwb.com/content.asp?STORY=/stories/C/CA_FREEWAY_SHOOTING_CAOL-&groupName=AP%20Top%20California%20Headlines&LINEUP=CALIFORNIAHEADS&table1tabCount=6&table1tabOn=1&table2tabCount=6&table2tabOn=4&tabParams=%26table1tabCount%3D6%26table1tabOn%3D1%26table2tabCount%3D6%26table2tabOn%3D4

[ls317]

1. Cameras

Dont they have camera`s on the Interstate there??

[Initech]

3. Depends on which one.

They have cameras everywhere on the 91 (mainly near the 241 - I-15 area), and shootings are less likely to happen here then they are on the 710 (which runs through Long Beach and Compton).

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. At least this one was not completely random

THe motiveless ones are more concerning to me

[Initech]

4. What I dont get is why the police arent cracking down.

They're more concerned about something less important like seatbelts.

I take I-710 into downtown LA all the time. This shit is really starting to scare the crap out of me.

[slackmaster]

8. I'd like to see the police crack down on bad drivers

This incident was an "argument at a nightclub" known in plain English as a BAR FIGHT that escalated into a shooting.

Seat belts save lives BTW.

[Initech]

9. That would be impossible in this state.

And yeah, seat belts do save lives, but is a seat belt going to stop a .45 bullet?

[slackmaster]

10. A seat belt is not likely to stop a bullet unless it hits the buckle

But seriously, how many people die on the road every year because they weren't wearing a seat belt, compared to how many die because they got in a bar fight and subsequently got shot on the road?

Every day I read about "accidents" where someone was killed because he or she failed to buckle up. I'm all for police spending time enforcing the seat belt law.

[Initech]

11. I'm for it too.

It is true that seat belts save lives, I'm not arguing that.

Police should be spending some more time though monitoring situations like this. I believe this is, what, the 20th freeway shooting this year?

[tmooses]

5. Per the NRA we will be all safer when we are all armed.

[RetroLounge]

6. Was MJ charged yet?

:evilgrin:

RL

[Deja Q]

7. Was he angry over M. J.'s verdict announcement?

:shrug:

[Telly Savalas]

12. Yup. MJ rage has seized the nation.

I'd stay off the highways for a few days.