Yes, the issue of race may very well have played into this. I also wonder if there was a crime problem in the neighborhood. Why did the Watch Captain feel the need to confront the young man? I am sure there is more evidence than what the article seemed to indicate. Obviously forensics will help some, but this isn’t TV and there may not be a “smoking gun”. Not sure how the legal system works in Florida, but I suspect this case will end up in front of Grand Jury to determine how it proceeds.
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A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
- Milton Friedman
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