You would call about a white person doing something suspicious. Trayvon was described as being suspicious without any indication he was* doing *anything suspicious. That, my friend, is the key difference. You don’t even know that he was walking on the lawns. Besides, I have lived in such neighborhoods with lawns that are practically common areas that children gather to play in.
I can’t count the number of responses tonight that have perfectly proved my point: if he had not been black (or whatever the ‘suspect’ ethnicity happened to be in that area), he would not have been followed for DOING NOTHING WRONG.
one more time. if in my neighborhood there had been a string of burglaries and eyewitnesses had said they were white, i would most definitely call the cops if i saw a white person, at night, in the rain trespassing and checking out houses. plural houses is simply unacceptable, but even in the same scenario with one house although if i knew the owner i’d call them first and tell them what was going on and let them call the cops. why would parents go let their children play on somebody else’s yard at night in the rain?
now as to what trayvon was doing, obviously i don’t know. neither do you. we weren’t there. you and the countless others that are assuming this is all about race are not helping matters. i still don’t think he’s a racist because there is no evidence showing he is, yet we have evidence that he is not given that he has black friends and has mentored a black family. you put in bold, DOING NOTHING WRONG, yet you don’t know that for sure do you? maybe he was. maybe he wasn’t.
i shouldn’t have to state the obvious, but here goes:
if trayvon was just walking down the street minding his own business, then george was in the wrong.
if trayvon was casing out houses in the rain and note george said houses (plural) and given that there had been a string of burglaries, then i think george was just trying to be of help to his community which was mixed btw.
it is not lost on me that his life being lost is tragic. i feel very bad for his family. all i’m saying is that people need to stop jumping to conclusions. and the town homes in the gated community all looked the same, so i doubt he was checking out the architecture (if he was checking out the homes at all).
can you send a link of the map/route you had mentioned earlier. thanks.
