[backhoe]

Shot with a shotgun- and cut? Jeez! Talk about "terminating with extreme prejudice..."

Years ago I use to ride around with the police, and it always struck me as weird, and a little eerie, how deaths, murders, suicides, wrecks, and other awful things would cluster- you'd have long dry spells where not much happened, and all of a sudden- blam! Carnage all over the place...

[fuzzthatwuz]

"you'd have long dry spells where not much happened, and all of a sudden- blam! Carnage all over the place..."

We called it "the rule of three".I believe emergency room staff use the same terminology.

Incidently, want to thank you for your impressive links. Your time and effort is very much appreciated.

[trussell]

I too rode with the police years ago with a group called the explorers. That was about 10 years ago, and this area was fairly peaceful then. Sure has got bad lately.

We just had the murder of a gay American Indian boy a few months ago.

The murder of officer Dale Claxton.

Brutal murder of a mexican woman (Maria Ramirez sanchez). It just keeps getting worse.