We turn once again to what has long been and surely will continue to be a limitless source of material for my columns, which is the practice at the Los Angeles Times of trying to concoct a scandal from an entirely lawful and justifiable police shooting. The latest example of this appears in Thursday’s print edition, running under the headline, “Footage casts doubt on LAPD claims.” The sub-headline reads, “Police said Marvin Cua pointed a gun at officers. But video shows him fleeing.” The sensational headline and the story’s placement in the paper—above the fold on the front page—tells the reader that we here at the Times think this is a Very Important Story.

It really is remarkable how hard Democrats work to wreck their city strongholds with soft-on-crime policies. It suggests that they're more sincere in their ideology than many give them credit for. It also shows that sincerity can be a bad thing when you're sincerely bonkers.