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Government

Dec. 8, 2000

Odds of Getting Shot by Police in L.A.'s Life Lottery Seem Better Lately

LOS ANGELES - Perhaps more than in most U.S. cities, life in Los Angeles is a lottery. Will the city be leveled by an earthquake today? Will brush fires destroy our homes and reduce our cats to cinders? Will the freeways and streets be more clogged with traffic than Elvis' coronaries?

        By Garry Abrams

        LOS ANGELES - Perhaps more than in most U.S. cities, life in Los Angeles is a lottery.
        Will the city be leveled by an earthquake today? Will brush fires destroy our homes and reduce our cats to cinders? Will the freeways and streets be more clogged with traffic than Elvis' coronaries?
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