That honor line stuff started after 9/11 in New York. I can’t remember ever seeing it in L.A., and then the LA Sheriffs did one after the Metrolink Glendale crash.
I notice LAPD Chief Bratton was out of town again.....another speaking engagement or job interview....trying to be Homeland Security chief in the Obama administration.
Chatsworth — A Metrolink spokeswoman said today that a Metrolink engineer apparently made a mistake that caused the head-on collision between a commuter train and a freight train, killing at least 23 people.
Los Angeles city officials expressed fear that the lower level of a smashed double-deck passenger car will reveal additional fatalities once rescuers get in it for the first time later today.
I suppose in desperate and troubled times it gives people comfort and that is a good thing.
I just have the hair on the back of my neck tingle a bit when all this “police are superhumans and are always right and you must OBEY!” stuff comes out.