Originally Posted by champlain_islander
They saw a black guy in their white neighborhood and figured he was up to no good so they tried to grab him. In the old days they would have strung him up but times have changed.



No. Again, they saw a man in their neighborhood trespassed (entered into a structure) who matched the description of someone who had done so four times previously.

As much as people want to make it about race, it isn’t about race. If the guy had legitimately been out for a jog through a white neighborhood, then you could make it about race. The minute he entered the structure illegally it became about the neighbors wanting to catch a trespasser.