Leave the Guilt Where It Belongs
We have reached the zenith of absurdity in our society when four teenagers allegedly steal a van and crash it, killing one of them as they were being pursued by the police (“Youth Killed as Van Chased by Deputies Crashes,” July 7). The article in The Times almost apologizes that the police had to get involved.
Then the same article seems to give society a “guilt trip” that somehow it was our fault that the teenagers stole the van in the first place.
To begin with, at this time of the night why weren’t the teenagers at home?
My mistake here is using logic, something that has been completely ignored lately as the Rodney King and O.J. Simpson trials have demonstrated.
I wonder, how much is this going to cost the taxpayers?
DON WILLIAMS
Newport Beach
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