Originally Posted by Robbie

Yeah, if Trayvon Martin had been beating the fuck out of young woman on the street and GZ had called the police and stayed in his car...people would be screaming for his head.

The situation obviously escalated out of control...but to suggest that people do nothing when their homes are being broken into in a community is just dumb.

And what use is Neighborhood Watch if they just sit in a car and call police? They are supposed to be out of the car in view of any potential thieves as a deterrent.

Don't get me wrong. I don't think TM deserved to die. He was just a typical teen male.

But shit happens. That's why parents are so scared whenever their kids are out of their sight As a parent I remember all the dumb shit I did, and it scares the hell out of me that my kids will do the same stupid things that can get them killed.

I won't let my kids walk the streets after dark. Of course, 17 years old made Trayvon a man. (not legally...but he was a man). You just can't tell a 17 year old that they aren't "allowed" to walk the streets. At 17 he would be driving if he had a car. So that doesn't work.

I guess it's a miracle that any of us make it past our youth. I look back and wonder how I didn't get killed myself.