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You read into it how you want. I cannot help you there. As to the memo thing I should have put in the sarcasm emoticon.

That is exactly what I will do. Thank you for the advice.

Because I refuse to be animal enough to act on my preconceived notions of people I don't know. My life has benefited greatly from my restraint, and if I may be so immodest, I'm sure others' have as well.

"This with no calls about white people within that year ("children playing in the street", dispute with what seemed to be a business partner do not count)."

LOL....were they not white enough?

Did your selective amnesia suddenly kick in, causing you to forget that within that last year on April 22, 2011, he also called out of concern to report a young black child walking unattended near a busy intersection?

So what is he, a black hating racist or a hypervigilant loser? Is this behavior indicative of a racist in your mind...or did this recessive racist gene suddenly kick into overdrive months later to better fit your narrative?

BTW, your claim that there were no calls about white people within that last year is purely speculative, since some of his calls to report suspicious activity didn't mention any race of the subjects in question.

"There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved."

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, as quoted in US News, March 10, 1996

It appears you need to have a little chat to share the secrets to your purity of heart and mind with that racial profiling animal Jesse Jackson.

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Those first instincts can often be very valuable, but they can also cause us a lot of trouble. That is why we all look for additional information after prejudging any person or situation.

I wont feel much until laws are changed. what upsets me is the fact that people are having no problem when an armed man goes against 911 dispatch's requests. Chases down a innocent unarmed minor and kills him. GZ felt threatened? What about the unarmed minor? Kind of like the saying " bringing a knife to a gun fight" but the kid did not even have that.

One last thing I have seen a friend get arrested for not staying in a car when the police told him to. Usually that alone is reason enough for an arrest.

I will say in Florida, as I understand the law, it is never lawful to used deadly force to 'defend' property, only yourself (and some other exceptions pertaining to others).

i do not know the laws in Florida and I am not a resident of Florida so I really have no dog in this. But common sense tells me when a person initiates contact then they are the aggressor. You add a gun in the mix and then who really felt threatened? The kid had every right to defend himself against some stranger following him. Every parent would tell their kid to get away anyway you could from a stranger that is following them. Citizen watch is exactly that. They watch and inform the proper authorities. But then again i do not know the laws in Florida and that may be how it works there.

To me what appears to have happened GZ started something he could not finish. So he used his gun. "All man is not created equal that is why gun powder was invented" was a famous quote man dad preached.

To answer your 4th question I would say yes.