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matriculated wrote:

MasterOfNone wrote:

matriculated wrote:Imagine if the neighbors felt threatened and got a round or two off. We might have another case of a friendly, overzealous neighbor shooting a "suspicious" black guy... D'oh! I need to quit.

matriculated, twice in this thread you have made the color of the victims an issue. Did you find something in the news reports that indicates the neighbors' action was racially motivated?

I find it highly interesting that you chose me to single out on bringing up the racial aspect, although at least 2-3 other people have already brought it up. I see your questions are being answered in my absence, so I feel no need to respond.

Yes, the OP asked if profiling is worse than we think, and one other poster said he feels this was profiling. I guess your posts stood out because they seemed a little more accusatory. Your first used the cliched "<doing something> while black" language which implies that the only reason the neighbors came over is because the new homeowners are black.
Perhaps I overreacted to seeing that same type of statement applied to yet another situation. But I still have seen nothing that indicates race was a factor unless assumptions about the Dynamic Duo are made.

philip964 wrote:

MasterOfNone wrote:

philip964 wrote:

philip964 wrote:After they bought a house.

http://www.ajc.com/news/couple-held-at- ... 23138.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So is profiling a lot worse in the US than we think.

I brought it up on the first post that I thought the Black couple was profiled. So I introduced race from day one. And I didn't even know till today that Batman and Robin were really Caucasian. I also didn't realize until later that the couple was biracial.

Guess the father and son also didn't know that the Black guy's brother taught soccer to one of the high profile attorneys in Atlanta.

But what made you feel they were profiled?

I am Caucasian and I can't in a million years imagine this happening to me and my wife.

Most people can't imagine horrible things happening to them until they do.
I don't want you to take this as a personal attack; I just want to understand why race is so commonly assumed to be a factor. Do you really believe that this could not have happened to a white couple? Do you believe the neighbor, who would confront these people at gun point to protect the vacant house, would not have done the same if he saw two white people at the house?

philip964 wrote:

philip964 wrote:After they bought a house.

http://www.ajc.com/news/couple-held-at- ... 23138.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So is profiling a lot worse in the US than we think.

I brought it up on the first post that I thought the Black couple was profiled. So I introduced race from day one. And I didn't even know till today that Batman and Robin were really Caucasian. I also didn't realize until later that the couple was biracial.

Guess the father and son also didn't know that the Black guy's brother taught soccer to one of the high profile attorneys in Atlanta.

But what made you feel they were profiled?

matriculated wrote:Imagine if the neighbors felt threatened and got a round or two off. We might have another case of a friendly, overzealous neighbor shooting a "suspicious" black guy... D'oh! I need to quit.

matriculated, twice in this thread you have made the color of the victims an issue. Did you find something in the news reports that indicates the neighbors' action was racially motivated?