See A Tagger? Police Say Don't Confront Them

cbs ^ | Aug 14, 2007 10:02 pm US/Pacific

[BenLurkin]

Anyone with information about the shooting can contact the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

Maria Hicks was shot to death after trying to confront a tagger.CBS

[Red Badger]

B-b-b-but I thought tagging was just a multicultural self-expression of art and free speech!..............taggers don’t kill people! Guns kill people!.............

[WV Mountain Mama]

Yep.

[BenLurkin]

Here in SoCal, a “tagger” is another name for vandal.

[Puppage]

What is a “tagger”?

A graffeti artist

[SkyPilot]

Vandalism.

[Bob Buchholz]

A tagger is a vandal with a can of spray paint.

[jws3sticks]

Is a "tagger" a graffiti painter? I assume so. Probably gang related, for sure. I feel like Mad Max is already here! One wonders how many of the reported men in the car of shooters had their "Green Cards". Fat chance it was zero!

[BenLurkin]

Gang related in all likelihood.

[theDentist]

IF it weren’t for the confirmed death, I’d have pointed you to snopes.com

[jjm2111]

B-b-b-but the artist was just expresssssing himself. Prayers for the victim.

[Logophile]

This was obviously gang-related. The taggers were marking their gang’s territory. I’d say that Pico Rivera has problems more serious than just a few graffitti artists.

[Right Brother]

What is a “tagger”?

A 'tagger' is a member of our richly diverse culture that specializes in custom painting walls, concrete bridges and railroad boxcars.

[daku]

Hicks “paid a high price for the idea of law and order,” said Hicks’ brother, Ruben Quintero, an English literature professor at Cal State Los Angeles. “I think we shouldn’t give up on that idea since she has already paid the price. We should hold onto this idea of being civilized

beautifull sentiment, covers my feelings towards the WOT

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Taggers:

Gang member vandals, very often illegal aliens, who mark their “turf” with spraypaint, exactly the way dogs do on trees.

[BenLurkin]

This isn’t the first time something like this has happened in the L.A. area.

How I wish I lived in a part of the USA where people have never heard the term ‘tagger’ and things like this are considered incredible.

[Joann37]

“Hicks “paid a high price for the idea of law and order,” said Hicks’ brother, Ruben Quintero, an English literature professor at Cal State Los Angeles. “I think we shouldn’t give up on that idea since she has already paid the price. We should hold onto this idea of being civilized.””

What a contrast to members of our justice system, who have lately seemed to go out of their way to be lenient to or to free violent criminals. She was certainly brave in trying to deter these criminals, probably knowing that our justice system would never do so.

Prayers for her family.