Set A Course for Los Angeles---Hahnwalker Is There

If only the blogosphere could deal swift justice to racebaiters and demagogues like LA's mayor:

A tragedy, to be sure, but one made all the more sickening by the shameless political sideshow that soon followed. The dead driver was Devin Brown, a 13-year-old black boy. I mention his ethnicity here only because of its relevance to the carnival of racial pandering that's been escalating all week, with politicians falling over themselves to denounce the shooting, and the always reliable chorus of "community activists" calling for the officers to be brought up on murder charges. Perhaps the most craven of all was Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn, who called for swift changes to LAPD policy. He addressed reporters and protesters at a news conference staged in front of a South L.A. police station on Tuesday. "I am joining in the anger and the frustration," Hahn said, "and I stand here with great concern over this latest use of force." One wonders if the mayor joined in the anger and frustration expressed by those protesters who carried signs reading "Death to the pigs." Addressing the LAPD policy on shooting at moving cars, Hahn said, "We need to make sure this doesn't happen again." As to how to prevent 13-year-old boys from using stolen cars to run over police officers, the mayor had no suggestions.

Jack Dunphy is right on the mark as usual. Got news for you, Mr Mayor---this isn't 1988. This isn't 1994. It's 2005, and the American people are getting a little sick of crooked little weasels and their lickspittle response to the racial grievance industry.

Or did you think these cops somehow managed to determine the race and age of a "victim" they couldn't even see?