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Motorcycle officers working the route of the Randy Simmons funeral procession have marked their helmets with the radio designation of his SWAT unit: 41-D.

Holy Geography, Batman: Furnell Chatman, holding down the live coverage of the funeral run-up on Channel 4, just referred to Fairfax High School as in "South Los Angeles." It's actually on Melrose, within walking distance of the Hollywood Hills.

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