David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants

addicts. Earlier in the evening, they had
attempted a carjacking on Shaw Avenue,
Fresno’s main thoroughfare. “I wasn’t
really thinking much a nothing, you
know,” Walker would say months later
when asked about his state of mind that
night. “When it happens, it happens, you
know. It just happened suddenly. We
were just out doing what we do. I mean,
that’s all I can tell you.”
Walker and Davis pulled up
alongside the Isuzu, using the weight of
the motorcycle to pin Reynolds against
her car. Calderon jumped out of the
passenger’s seat, running around the
back of the car. Walker blocked his way.
Davis grabbed at Reynolds’s purse. He