Regarding the video, I saw what she saw. If dude had turned right on that street just ahead of the truck and kept "jogging", he would still be alive. He died because he attacked a guy holding a shotgun, not because he was black.
Coroner said first wound was in his hand, consistent with grabbing the gun and pulling on it.
This one really strikes home for me. I currently have neighbors who are black, and neighbors who are white. I like all of them who mind their own damn business and leave me alone. I know who lives 6-8 houses in either direction of me. If I see a human that I don't know suspiciously leaving a house where I know they don't live, I will be confronting them. likely by blocking the street with my truck. I will also be in possession of a firearm, as I am most every time my pants are on. This regardless of whether it was my house, or John's, or Lynn's, or Kristina's, or Raymond's, or Kenyatta's.
If said intruder charges me, I will defend myself, as would virtually anyone with a single hair on his ass. If he was innocent, why didn't he raise his damn hands and explain, instead of charging a guy who was 10-12 feet away with a shotgun?
More to the point, I have confronted folks who I KNEW didn't belong in my neighborhood, black and white, on a number of occasions. If one of them attacked me, where would I be? Some turned out to be innocent, and understood my line of questioning. Some were not, and had a variety of responses. At this point in my life, the police have arrived at least once, more than one decided he was better served by hauling ass, and some have been informed to stay away.
And, dear reader, where do you fall on this scale? Are you the individual who peeks from the corner of the window, or are you the one who steps out into the open to confront the person who doesn't belong?
