02-26-2011, 01:03 PM
(02-26-2011, 08:24 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: a little editorializing...I think at first glance, Johnny and Lisa appear to be straight-laced kids. This drew the shocked factor. Once you dig deeper, you realize that drugs are involved and most people turn away, I would say.
although we are caught up in this case for whatever reasons we have, i was thinking this morning that much of the public there is not. they have moved on from these crimes. not everyone is as obsessed as we.
i believe much of the populace has chalked this up to more thug/gang activity, and who cares, that doesn't touch OUR lives *yawn*. let them all kill each other off. i've seen this attitude prevail in many places, from Boston to Jacksonville. they aren't going to come to my house, i'm not a druggie. and i hate to say it, they are right.
this case has more than the usual drama. attractive victims. an unusual cast of characters. and of course the bizarre manner of their deaths. but the truth is, little kids die in drive-by shootings all the time in the ghetto, where is the huge thread?
just musing on a saturday morning.
I remember first reading about this case on a Yahoo article. There were comments below the article and one person said that "unemployed" and "barber school" read to him as "drug dealer". He got pounced on by the other commenters for being callous to these poor young kids.
Well...
And then as soon as the articles started coming out that Johnny had a prison record, I think this case fell off the radar for most people.