LA officials OK $5.98 billion budget with funding for 720 more police

Hey! Instead of funding more police, how about we put the money into mass transit and more efficient freeways, because road rage would then drop, resulting in less crime because people won’t be going berserk after spending 2 hours on the 405 to go ten miles with no coherent reason for the traffic jam except that the Traffic Gods were in a foul mood and were deliberately tormenting them personally and by God they’re gonna take it out on someone …