Michael Quick has updated the map

The map is updated. Tan markers indicate newer homicides. Left, a closeup of LAPD Newton Division, which has had a recent surge in killings.

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[DCF]

TO ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE LITTLE BLACK MARKERS OF DEATH THIS POEM IS DEDICATED TO ALL THAT HAS LOST SOMEONE THRU CRIMES OF THE STREETS

DON"T grieve for me, for now i'm free
I'm following the path God has laid you see.
I took His hand when I heard him call
I turned my back and left it all.

I could not stay another day
To laugh, to love , to work, to play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way
I found that peace at the close of day.

If my parting has left a void
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss
Oh yes, these things I too will miss.

Be not burdened with times of sorrow
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life's been full, I savored much
Good friends, good times, a loved one's touch.

Pherhaps my time seemed all too brief
Don't lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your hearts and peace to thee
God wanted me now; He set me fee.