We Seem To Be Having Happy Holidays

The city has seen a sharp decline in violence over the last few weeks. Something is happening.

Saturday morning, police found a man shot dead on the sidewalk near the tangle of overpasses for I-20 and the connector on Central Avenue. Neither the police nor the coroner’s office have released his name yet. I suspect (given the location) that he may have been homeless and without ID, making an identification difficult.

I dwell on the loss of this unn…