I drove past downtown L.A. today, from the freeway I saw what looked like black smoke and police helicopters, thought for a moment maybe fire, but then remembered to throw out normal explanations, the crazy leftist 'peaceful' protest is going on. Only now at home do I see that I luckily chose the correct freeway, not the one rioters tried to 'peacefully' block. I reinforced my hatred of L.A.