Quotation

Rich people felt the humiliation and loss more keenly than poor people did, because all those possessions and luxuries were dear to them, in some cases were them. Poor people had already been ripped off a thousand times and knew their possessions were crap. They had never invested anything useful in them, like their self-esteem or their souls. By adulthood the poor had been beaten into wisdom and detachment. === The LAPD had every kind of toy: armored vehicles, choppers with night vision and infrared scopes. They were also testing drones, and what could the test be but using them to catch people like her? They could access surveillance cameras on the freeways, or go full southern sheriff and send dogs to sniff for burglars on foot.