Signs of sad times
In this age of Tweets and Facebook status updates, an outpouring of grief for victims of the Colorado theater shooting is finding expression in some surprisingly traditional ways: pen, pencil, paint, chalk.
Signs and banners are a huge part of the public memorial site for the 12 killed and dozens injured in the shooting at the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colo. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
In this age of Tweets and Facebook status updates, an outpouring of grief for victims of the Colorado theater shooting is finding expression in some surprisingly traditional ways: pen, pencil, paint, chalk.
Many of the signs and banners are fading after recent rainstorms, including this one for shooting victim Jesse Childress, but more are still being added. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Visitors to the memorial say their handwritten messages seem more heartfelt, and have more staying power, than tweets and Facebook postings. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
People carry a cross to be placed next to a memorial set up across the street from the Century 16 movie theater where the mass shooting occurred on July 20. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)
Kristin Britt, Annabelle Britt and B.J. Britt walk past a cross adorned with photographs of victims of the mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater. James E. Holmes, 24, is accused of killing 12 and injuring 58 others during a shooting rampage at the theater at a showing of “The Dark Knight Rises.” (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)