‘Ghettoside’ Explores Why Murders Are Invisible In Los Angeles
In her new book, journalist Jill Leovy studies the epidemic of unsolved murders in African-American neighborhoods and the relationships between police and victims’ relatives, witnesses and suspects.
“Homicide grief is very distinct from other kinds of bereavement. The trajectory of it can be different. There’s no way to fit it into any kind of understanding of the natural order of things. It’s always going to feel colossally wrong. It’s going to feel like something has been taken from you arbitrarily by another human being. The way people respond to homicide deaths of loved ones, it’s the worst pain that I’ve seen a human being experience that isn’t physical. It’s astounding what people go through and it often gets worse as the years go by instead of better."
