TORRANCE TRIBUNE January 15, 2015 Page 3 One Man’s Opinion Another Man’s Opinion The Other Side of the Coin Terrorists Attacks in Paris Should Burkley & Brandlin LLP A T T O R N E Y S A T L AW Living Trusts/Wills, Probate, Employment Law, Personal Injury Trust and Estates Litigation, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation 310-540-6000 *AV Rated (Highest) Martindale - Hubbell / **Certified Specialist Estate Planning, Trust & Probate Law, State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization Police Reports Burglary-Auto 1/3/2015 10:52:07 PM 21200 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspect(s) uses unknown tool for entry and takes property/third row seat, one shoe Battery-Simple 1/3/2015 7:48:22 PM 16600 BLOCK KRISTIN AVE Suspect pushes victim, knocking her to the ground Vandalism 1/4/2015 2:45:10 PM 21800 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspect(s) uses a metal pipe to smash glass window door pane Battery-Weapon/Agg 1/3/2015 5:37 PM VAN NESS AVE & 166TH ST Suspect brandishes a knife following road rage incident Burglary-Commercial 1/3/2015 6:51:00 PM 22500 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspect(s) defeats door lock for entry and takes property/third row seat, purse Burglary-Auto 1/3/2015 8:43:57 AM 1700 BLOCK IRIS AVE Suspect(s) enters unlocked vehicle and takes property/suitcase, cosmetic bag Burglary-Commercial 1/3/2015 4:13 AM 3700 BLOCK PACIFIC COAST HWY Suspects smash window for entry/ unknown loss at time of report Burglary-Auto 1/3/2015 1:48:44 AM 18100 BLOCK BAILEY DR Suspect(s) enters possibly unlocked vehicle’s toolbox and takes property/ saw zaw, hammer saw, hand grinder Auto Theft 1/2/2015 11:57:42 PM SEPULVEDA BLVD & WESTERN AVE Stolen vehicle: ‘93 GMC P/U Burglary-Commercial 1/2/2015 9:05:00 PM 100 BLOCK VIA PASQUAL Suspect(s) removes screen on unlocked window for entry and takes property/ laptop, sunglasses, cell phone Burglary-Auto 1/6/2015 5:32:15 PM 184TH ST & BAILEY DR Suspect(s) enters vehicle by unknown means and damages both steering column and ignition Burglary-Residential 1/2/2014 9:00:00 PM 4600 BLOCK HALISON ST Suspect(s) removes screen on unlocked window for entry, ransacks and takes property/ jewelry Auto Theft 1/2/2015 8:48 AM 22300 BLOCK KENT AVE Stolen vehicle: ‘12 Hyundai Elantra Burglary-Residential 1/2/2015 9:00:00 AM 19400 BLOCK BECKWORTH AVE Suspect(s) removes partial portion of window screen/ no entry, no loss Burglary-Residential 1/1/2015 10:00:00 PM 19500 BLOCK BECKWORTH AVE Suspect(s) enter unlocked sliding door and takes property/ jewelry Burglary-Residential 1/1/2015 7:36 AM 3600 BLOCK DEL AMO BLVD Suspect(s) attempts to pry open sliding screen door/ no entry, no loss Burglary-Auto 1/1/2015 3:00:00 PM 2000 BLOCK 235TH PL Suspect(s) enters unlocked vehicle and takes property/DVDs, coat jacket, coins, GPS Theft 1/1/2015 12:30:00 AM 23400 BLOCK KATHRYN AVE Suspect(s) takes unattended property from location/ cell phone Auto Theft 1/2/2015 8:00:00 AM 17200 BLOCK FALDA AVE Stolen vehicle: ‘15 Audi Q7 Vandalism 12/31/2014 6:45:00 PM 3900 BLOCK PACIFIC COAST HWY Suspect kicks the victim’s vehicle causing damage Burglary-Residential 12/31/2014 9:30:00 PM 18900 BLOCK FELBAR AVE Suspect(s) smashes sliding glass door for entry, ransacks and takes property/ jewelry Theft 12/31/2014 4:00:00 PM 2700 BLOCK SEPULVEDA BLVD Suspect(s) takes unsecured property from Give us More Resolve to Enjoy Life By Cristian Vasquez Few times in my career as a reporter have I ever felt that my well-being was at risk. That isn’t to say that that I haven’t engaged in activities that weren’t dangerous, but few times did my fear levels rise. When the news of the tragic shooting at the Paris-based satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” made headlines, it was shocking, saddening and caused much reflection. Among the 12 victims murdered were 10 journalists, including the magazine’s editor and two police officers. The attacks were the result of a wellcalculated plan by criminals: well-trained terrorists who were determined to accomplish this massacre carried out these cowardice acts. Despite the fact that these fellow journalists in Paris were killed in cold blood, I can honestly say that I am not afraid of ever losing my life while reporting. Granted I do not know where my career as a reporter will take me, death due to occupational hazard does not cross my mind. However, in this tragic moment for journalists around the world, I can’t help but to also think about the two police officers that were murdered. Much like the officers killed in Brooklyn about a month ago, the two officers who were shot in the Bronx a few weeks later or the LAPD officers who were shot several nights before the New Year, the murdered officers in Paris left home that morning with plans to come home to their families. Despite the daily risks that come with being a police officer, these men and women put on their uniform and go to work everyday just like you and I despite the dangers involved. There are thousands of people around the world who proudly entire lifetime as law enforcement agents because it is their calling. Writing is my calling but unlike the men and women in uniform, I’m pretty sure that I would not be able to function properly if the daily danger in my profession equaled that of a peace officer. Yet, there have always been men and women willing to overlook these risks and work to make their city a safer place to live. I love reporting as much as I enjoy writing and my writing skills keep me safe, tucked away behind a desk and in front of a computer. Interviews usually take place over coffee or in someone’s office. That is worlds apart from the uncertainty that comes on a daily basis for police officers. So when I hear news of an officer of the law being attacked or murdered in the line of duty, it is heartbreaking. People become police officers because it is a calling; I know that there is no amount of money that would give me the courage to walk a beat or patrol a dangerous part of the city on a daily basis. In the history of the written word thousands, if not millions, of people have been killed for what they have printed. Good or bad words and images have an impact on us all and in some cases, like what happened in Paris this, that impact can be deadly. Investigative reporters, war correspondents, crime beat writers are just some of the assignments that can get a reporter killed. 12 people were murdered because of the hateful and poisoned souls a few cowards armed with guns. So I pray for the victims, the families and every journalist and police officer working a beat; I pray for their safety and that we as a society have the courage to not succumb to terrorist. • By Gerry Chong The line . . . the long line begins here at the figurative entry to America, and extends as far as the horizon and beyond. That line is comprised of people from all over the world, every ethnicity, every religion, every age and sex. They all stand patiently in line hoping for a chance to immigrate and participate in the greatest experiment in human freedom the world has ever known. Their frustration, however, is that the line moves so slowly that many die before their turn for legal immigration comes, and that people who have ignored the law and cut into line are receiving the opportunities and benefits those in line are being denied. With faith that America will ultimately come to its senses and enforce its own laws, they hope their turn will come. But what are those laws intended to do? We are, first, a nation of immigrants, so immigration is welcome. But as an established nation with its own customs and way of life, it needs to control the immigration process to prevent criminal elements and enemies of the state from entering. It needs to admit immigrants who wish to integrate into the mores and culture of this society, and to do so in numbers that do not destroy the foundation on which this nation was founded; because to do otherwise is to destroy the very basis for immigration. The people in line must be astounded to find we do not enforce our laws. Millions of people refuse to wait in line, and simply crash through a weak border in uncontrolled numbers. Few are deported. Many do not integrate into our society, but seek to superimpose on us the language and culture they had supposedly left behind. Newspapers, radio/TV shows, supermarket signs, voice mail systems, and voting ballots all evidence that superimposition. The children of the gatecrashers are rewarded with lower in-state tuition to universities. Crashers are rewarded with driver’s licenses on the assumption they’d drive without a license anyway. Many illegal immigrants do not appear for scheduled immigration hearings and simply disappear into the system. Many receive Food Stamps and other social benefits, including Medicaid, welfare, and Social Security, Some work in the underground economy, paying no income taxes. Our government’s justification for rewarding lawlessness is human compassion, but that reward comes at the expense of the law and at the expense of those waiting in the long line. If and when amnesty is approved and citizenship is granted ahead of those in line, it will be the ultimate betrayal of the rule of law. Today, Americans find ourselves strangers in a strange land as our culture is changed by the sheer volume of uncontrolled immigration. Laws and its operational practices work in opposition to each other. All the while orderly applicants for residency and citizenship must wait in an endless line, their personal stories no more nor less compelling than the law breakers. To those in line, we can only offer our deepest apology. • counter/ cell phone Vandalism 1/5/2015 10:50:00 AM 2500 BLOCK CABRILLO AVE Suspect(s) uses unknown tool to damage mailbox at location Theft 12/31/2014 7:00:00 PM 1100 BLOCK SIERRA PL Suspect takes property from residence without permission while there with permission/laptop Burglary-Commercial 12/31/2014 9:04 AM 4300 BLOCK 190TH ST Suspect enters business by unknown means, ransacks, but flees without property when interrupted by employee Burglary-Auto 12/30/2014 8:30:00 PM 1700 BLOCK CARSON ST Suspect(s) smashes window for entry and takes property/jacket Burglary-Auto 12/30/2014 8:00:01 PM 2700 BLOCK PACIFIC COAST HWY Suspect(s) enters vehicle by unknown means and takes property/ third row seat Burglary-Commercial 12/31/2014 8:15:00 AM 300 BLOCK VISTA DEL MAR Suspect(s) enters business complex, tampers with several mail box slots, unlocks two of the doors and takes property/computer, two external hard drives, cell phone Burglary-Auto 12/31/2014 10:45:00 AM 3800 BLOCK JASON CIR Suspect(s) punches door lock for entry and takes property/third row seat Robbery-Weapon 12/30/2014 11:40:55 AM 20700 BLOCK HAWTHORNE BLVD Suspects enter open business, one suspect jumps counter, pushes victim while demanding property while second suspect fires weapon into the ceiling/ cash Burglary-Residential 12/30/2014 7:00:00 AM 100 BLOCK PASEO DE SUENOS Suspect(s) enters by unknown means and takes property/hand saw Theft 12/29/2014 3:50 PM 2200 BLOCK CRENSHAW BLVD Suspect(s) takes property from public restroom facility/flushing mechanisms Burglary-Commercial 12/28/2014 7:22:18 PM 1800 BLOCK 179TH ST Suspect smashes window, but flees without making entry upon possibly realizing witness was watching/ no entry, no loss Burglary-Residential 12/28/2014 9:00:00 PM 200 BLOCK VIA ALAMEDA Suspect(s) pries open window for entry, ransacks and takes property/ coins, clothing, Theft 12/28/2014 8:15:00 PM 20700 BLOCK ANZA AVE Suspect(s) takes property from communal mailbox area/delivered parcel Burglary-Commercial 12/29/2014 8:50:00 AM 22000 BLOCK WESTERN AVE Suspect(s) pries door lock for entry and takes property from storage unit/ toolbox, two amplifiers •
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