The crossing by michael connelly summary5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Store owners had shot looters, National Guardsmen had shot looters, looters had shot looters, and then there were the others-killers who used the camouflage of chaos and civil unrest to settle long-held scores that had nothing to do with the frustrations of the moment and the emotions displayed in the streets. ![]() stepped up to control the darkness, even calling for a truce to their internecine battles to create a united front against the police. ![]() Looters moved in packs from storefront to storefront, all semblance of dignity and moral code gone in the smoke that rose over the city. It wasn't the proper way to carry out homicide work, not even close, but it was the best that could be done under the surreal circumstances of a city that had come apart at the seams. The four-man team moved in a black-and-white patrol car, jumping from crime scene to crime scene and never staying still for long. ![]() They were dispatched to any place they were needed-wherever a body turned up. Detective Harry Bosch and his partner, Jerry Edgar, were pulled from Hollywood Division and assigned to a roving B Watch team that also included two shotgunners from patrol for protection. By the third night the death count was rising so high and so quickly that many of the divisional homicide teams were pulled off the front lines of riot control and put into emergency rotations in South Central. ![]()
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