I am very interested as it happened so close to home.
BHN

I was a little confused until I found a link with more details: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_20296696/kendrec-mcdade-shooting-draws-comparisons-trayvon-martin?source=pkg

This is another tragic story based on a false 911 call.

Not so much on national networks...
VERY sad situation for everyone involved.

BHN

...and find this to be somewhat shocking. After a long lull, there definitely seems to have been a rise in crime/gang violence in Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley. They did rob the guy, but he lied to the police and it cost a young man his life. It is a tragedy for his family and friends. I really wish attempt would be made by the police to train to not shoot until the target hits the ground, but I know that will never happen.

You can get an idea at some the community dynamics at play here from this coverage: http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_20296696/kendrec-mcdade-shooting-draws-comparisons-trayvon-martin?source=rss

There is a long history of racial/community disharmony in Pasadena.

It has become a serious problem in the entire area of SoCal.

The good side of our cultural melting pot is the great food
each culture brings, music, art etc...

The bad side is that so many of the diverse populations hate
the others.

Are you still in SoCal?
Would this mean I would get to meet ya if we ever get another DU
meet up organized?

We haven't had a local DU meet up in a long time!
I tried to pull one together a while back, but then had medical problems
and didn't see it through-

We have SO many great LA area DUers, I would love to see
each and everyone, as well as the new ones, again!

BHN

I agree it's area-wide, but in Pasadena is simmers like a long animosity, instead of a new flame. I also don't think it's hatred so much as fear and misunderstanding

Back in the Motherland since last Fall...DU meetup at the beach!

I don't think we have ever done that!
It is past time...
BHN

I worked in a local high school- I couldn't believe what I saw
as far as different cultures HATING, yes HATING, other cultures.

I used to call lunch get togethers to try and discuss the irrationality
of it with the kids... told them the history of the civil rights movement
and how their hating one another set the country back 50 years.

Didn't turn out so well- two of the students decided to protest the
district decision to assign areas to different cultures at lunch.

A black student and a latino student decided to protest by sitting
in the "Armenian" lunch area- the Armenians, the parents included,
chased the Latino boy down after school and nearly beat him to death.
His mother moved them out in the middle of the night, to this day,
I don't know what became of him.

The black student was transferred to another school for his protection.
It is seriously fucked up- the race wars in LA.
But what I observed, and this is the really scary part-
These kids, like KKK kids, are taught this hatred for one another
by their PARENTS.
Disgusting IMO.

BHN

...I never saw anything that bad, but I wouldn't deny that such a thing would happen. I'm honestly surprised the district tried to intervene like that.

before they came up with this "solution."
FUBAR, eh?

BHN