Michael1942's Blog

The unfortunate situation in Sanford Florida has created a national wave of what ifs, why not and now whats. The law enforcement in Sanford has apparently dropped the ball on this due to a Florida law that allows a person to exert deadly force if threatened. The basis of the upcoming or currently occurring  issues in this event is not the issue. The real issue is that we have an overzealous neighborhood watch person who in the zealous pursuit of that watch overreacted and created a now deadly event. Was there Racism involved? It is more probable that the  Watch person  experienced a combination of fear of crime, fear of a dark skin and an exhilaration  of his duty to protect along with the tacit approval granted by the law allowing a person to protect themselves in the face of an eminent danger. The ablity to own and carry a firearm had a bearing on this as the law allows for such actions if the threat is actually a threat and not a teenager bearing skittles and iced tea. The idea of this being OK  has tainted  the  local law enforcement and allowed a situation that could have been handled better to become National news and brought in officials of the State of Florida plus the attention of the Federal Government.