LAist: Homeless Man Killed after being Set on Fire

Big Pranks

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:09:26 -0800

THAT IS SAD. THESE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS SUCK. THEY SOON SHALL GET WHAT THEY DESERVE. I AM NOT SPEAKING ANY EVIL AGAINST THEM BUT WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

blujay

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:14:00 -0800

Mean people suck.

Elise Thompson

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:06:11 -0800

Oh man. I just looked at the location. I totally know who that was.

jrb

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:54:33 -0800

This appeared in The Times this am. It's from an e-mail to the Times. Victim's sister: 'Homeless people are human' http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homelesssister13-2008oct13,0,1202839.story

atrane

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:45:11 -0800

I am horrified by this. The people that did this should caught and bad things should happen to them.

Julie Wolfson

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:35:48 -0800

I keep reading the story and the comments. I am at a loss for words. So sad.

BingosDingo

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:12:46 -0800

I cannot begin to express how disturbing this is. Having been involved with a group that distributed free food to the homeless and having been very close to that state myself the mind-set required to treat a fellow human being as so much trash is beyond my ability to understand. The very difference between living and dying in such circumstances is dependent entirely upon the kindness or cruelty of others. People who denigrate or worse, attempt to destroy those who are so far down on their luck, do not seem to realize how close they are to this very same state of being. A single paycheck could mean the difference between a warm flop with cable TV and hard cold concrete in a cardboard box. Most disturbing of all is the likelihood that the state of homeless will increase drastically in the coming months/years.

Matt Vannucci

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:58:58 -0800

Was in the area tonight and the dude at the McD's asked me if I knew about this. He said that he knew the homeless man for the past 8 years or so and he was a great guy. FYI - I witnessed Police, for at least an hour, drive around attempting to round up two dogs that got loose in the same area tonight...

grendel20

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:37:46 -0800

Not appropriate, mm65.

mm65

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:11:53 -0800

What are the chances the guys who did this are registered Republicans?

Noj

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:06:10 -0800

Poor Stinky. Man, that guy was disgusting, especially on hot days... You could smell him from over a block away. Nobody deserves this, however. Truly sick.

StreetCloud

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:54:26 -0800

Oh, humanity!

Anti

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:52:50 -0800

Dear LAPD, please please please catch these bastards

mjo

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:16:53 -0800

as if being homeless wasn't hard enough. this is awful.

QuietTristan

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:27:00 -0800

people are just so cruel

scotyosh

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:16:04 -0800

Disgusting