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Jul. 28, 2011

Valerie Salkin

Judge Valerie Salkin was young when confronted with the criminal acts she now sees every day.

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Valerie Salkin

Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
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By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Valerie Salkin was 13 when a sniper shot her.

She was roller-skating with her younger brother one Sunday afternoon on an otherwise deserted playground in a quiet Westside neighborhood. When she looked down, her jeans were soaked in blood.

It was not a life-threatening injury, Salkin said, but the .22-caliber bullet that ripped through her left thigh, also pierced her sense of security.

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