Wild Thing

It seems Charger players aren't the only local names in the news for getting in trouble.
Former El Camino High School cheerleader Denise Richards got into a scuffle with paparazzi in Canada last week while shooting the movie "Blonde and Blonder." Richards allegedly threw two laptop computers off a balcony, hitting a 90-year-old woman and an 81-year-old woman below -- one of whom was in a wheelchair -- causing minor injuries.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated the incident but decided not to file charges against Richards.
Another case of preferential treatment for a celebrity? Is Canada soft on crime?
We can't tell you how many times we've wanted to toss a laptop out the window. If we had -- and if we hit two elderly women below -- is there any doubt we'd be behind bars right now?
But Denise Richards is walking the streets a free woman. Go figure.
Meanwhile, noted legal analyst Pamela Anderson is coming to to Richards' defense. Anderson says the paparazzi won't leave her or Richards alone.
"All these big hairy men attacking us girls," Anderson said.
Anderson went on to warn paparazzi.
"Normally I don't care, but I feel protective of Denise -- I can relate," Anderson said. "If it were me I would've thrown the photographers over the edge -- they got lucky."
So while Pamela Anderson plays Al Cowlings to Denise Richards' O.J., we're left to wonder when society is going to get tougher on crime.
We look forward to the day when children and elderly women in wheelchairs can roam the streets safe from laptop-toting B-list celebrities.