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Originally Posted by kane
It is interesting to me how people react differently to similar things. You seem to be taking this in stride, as would I. Just let it runs its course so long as it doesn't involve me.
The day before yesterday there was a situation in the town I grew up in where a guy was seen walking down the street about a half mile from a school carrying a rifle. Someone saw him and called the police. One cop went to find the guy while another went to the school and put them on lockdown before joining the other.
They talked to the guy who turned out to be an older guy who was taking the rifle over to his son's place because his son wanted to borrow it to hunt with. The guy doesn't drive so he was walking. So it was no big deal, everything was over in 15 minutes. Freaking Facebook erupted with locals bitching about what an over reaction this was and how insane it was the the police would do such a thing. You would think the town canceled Christmas and took everyone's guns away.
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What can you do beyond just let it play out. Where I live is one of the areas where the LA riots happened in the 90's. People here have seen a lot worse. My boyfriend decided it was the time to go out and walk to the corner shop. It probably would have been smarter to send the white girl if he really needed something that badly but we have both lived in a city for years and stuff happens. The London terrorist attacks happened when I lived there. If people panic more than required it just makes the situations more dangerous.
In the small town I grew up in though, this would be the story of the year and everybody would be freaking out for weeks.