"Marine Suspected in Slaying Is Fatally Shot After Pursuit" - WTF?

[sans qualia]

From the LA Times...

A 29-year-old Marine was fatally shot early Sunday after police said he killed a transgender prostitute in Hollywood, led officers on a high-speed chase and then pointed a gun at them in a parking lot near the LAPD Northeast Division station in Atwater Village.

Police did not identify the Marine, who was from Reseda and was a military policeman at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms. Investigators said it was not clear whether he was killed by officers or himself.

"It's a sad situation," said Los Angeles Police Department Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell. "Here's a guy who had his life ahead of him and in a very short period of time threw it all away."

more...

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-shoot27dec27,1,27562.story
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/122604_nw_homicide_chase.html
http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4026197/detail.html
http://www.thedesertsun.com/news/stories2004/local/20041228013350.shtml


Yes indeed, it is such a shame that this poor Marine decided to "throw his life away" by killing someone and then starting a shootout with the police. :grr: Notice how the ABC article says nothing at all about the victim, and the Desert Sun article uses masculine pronouns to refer to her. In the unlikely event that someone actually gives a damn about this evil freak of nature who no doubt forced herself on our brave, heroic servicemember, her name was Feliciano Moreno and she was 25 years old.
Ugh, this makes me so mad!! I don't know if the victim was completely ignored in these articles because she was transgender or because she was a prostitute or both, but this is just so fucking wrong. :grr: :argh: :grr: :argh: :grr:

[Rainbowreflect]

1. Unfortunately society decides who is important & who is not.

But I agree the treatment of the true victim is disgusting.

[sybylla]

2. All I can do is join you in disgust

I'm continually shocked that we have such a perverted media that they can't even show respect for victims regardless of circumstances.

[Menshevik]

3. the desert sun

is a p.o.s right wing rag...

Mary Bono's personal "Pravda"

[Chovexani]

4. Transgendered lives are meaningless

That's the message in the mainstream media, anyway. It's disgusting and a slap in the faces to transgendered people and their families.

Most of the time when transgendered people are murdered it doesn't even make the news. When it does the story focuses on the lurid aspect: if the victim was a sex worker that's all you will hear about. It's a travesty. :cry: