Comments on: Democracy Now: Walking While Black

By: Who Knows?

Who Knows? — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:53:29 +0000

Yes, these laws do need to be reversed. Unfortunately the NRA is a powerful organization and they will not rest until “law abiding gun owners” aka, white gun owners, can kill anyone that displeases them.

By: gwen

gwen — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 02:12:53 +0000

Greg, please do.

By: robertbaden

robertbaden — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:27:45 +0000

These laws do need to be reversed.

By: robertbaden

robertbaden — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:08:20 +0000

When seconds count……

and you’re black, the cops aren’t there.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 23:35:19 +0000

Gwen, I was wondering about that. I was part of a local neighborhood program that was NOT (I repeat, NOT) Neighborhood Watch or anything like that, but that did train and organize neighbors to make for safer living and to have a populous more informed on how to interface with the police and other city agencies more usefully. These programs are pretty clear on division of labor and proper behavior, and they don’t want vigilanteism. Which reminds me of my first brush with vigilantism. I must blog about that…

By: gwen

gwen — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:57:42 +0000

According to the National Neighborhood Watch organization, Zimmerman is NOT a part of the organization. According to a spokesperson for the organization, their members are NOT allowed to:
…drive patrol vehicles
…carry weapons
…pursue suspects