February 4, 2010 6:47 AM PST
Last week an 80 year old woman was shot to death in her church parking lot as she got into her car; her killer took her purse, so presumably she was killed just so she couldn't ID her attacker. The church was maybe a mile and a half from my parent's house where we lived since 2001, and the shooter happened to live on our street, and was a kid who has been linked to almost every robbery in the immediate area for the past year, including my parent's lawanmower. WHY was this little punk (with multiple weapons charges on his record, by the way), still walking around free, and with a handgun? Some one has to die before a dangerous thug is finally locked up? Clearly, the system doesn't work. A couple months ago in Warren a guy was shot on a busy four lane road through town, supposedly in front of about 150 people, yet no one stepped up as a witness, and no one would testify after they were ID as witnesses by nearby security cameras. Just venting.
Any of us over 45 can go on and on about the state of our society. We've watched the downward sprial increase exponentially for years!
