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Interview with a nearly carjacked cabbie in Temecula
Days after the police shot and killed the fugitive criminal, this Reader rode with the taxi driver Anthony who'd picked up the criminal as his fare. The facts in this news report closely match what the driver told me. The report left out the part where the driver, in fear and in haste, deliberately exited his taxi cab without taking a moment to rotate the ignition key to shut off the vehicle's motor. Rationally, the driver wanted to remove himself quickly from the dangerous situation he found himself in. The driver also told me the shot from the Taser gun apparently missed the fugitive criminal as he sat in the vehicle. Meanwhile, to the others (family members and concerned citizens), let us suspend judgment until all the facts of this incident surface for public review. Of course, anger, speculation, and finger-pointing may serve a segment of the public expressing itself in this matter. But we should also understand and accept the family of the deceased one here will side with him for family reasons. In closing, this Reader wishes others to consider that government has a paramount obligation to maintain public safety. Hence, a fugitive criminal puts himself in harm's way when he sets himself at odds with this obligation.— February 22, 2013 7:38 a.m.