Trayvon Martin: When neighborhood watch goes wrong.
I’ve watched enough Steven Seagal movies about enacting justice to last a lifetime. I’m not ashamed. Okay, I kind of am. Anyway, the point is, vigilantism looks cool and fun (and sometimes awesomely ridiculous) in a movie. Good guys win, bad guys lose/die, and the world is tidy again. Real life, however, is a LOT more messy. Offering protection/seeking justice as well as making preemptive strikes towards a perceived threat, no matter how bogus the threat is, can destroy lives. Continue reading
