Chad Bianco on LA's normalization of overdose deaths
LA residents are treating overdose deaths on the sidewalk as routine, a grim sign of how far the city's drug and homelessness crisis has gone.
- A man died on an LA sidewalk after 35 minutes of failed revival attempts, suspected drug overdose.
- A dead woman was left on a Skid Row sidewalk with just police tape around her while people walked past.
- LAPD treated the body as business as usual when asked about it.
- The takeaway: dead bodies in public no longer shock anyone in LA.
Outlook: Without a major shift in drug and homelessness policy, these scenes will keep being treated as normal.