LIGHTS are off.
10 PM.
You are 85 y/o
You live alone
You are in bed.
Black kid rings bell.
You have NO IDEA WHY at 10 PM
Black kid is rattling door latch on outer glass storm door.
You think it is attempted break in....
What would ANY NORMAL PERSON’S REACTION BE???
IF IT had been broad daylight & high noon—perhaps a different story-—BUT it wasn’t those conditions.
Too much criminal behavior in the dark community to be taking ANY chances—
This is the LEGACY from Geo Floyd riots, etc.
He did not try to open the door! In fact the idiot guy shot him through the screen door. Fear of blacks won’t cut it with the jury.