[Vigilanteman]

Don't know about GZ's neighborhood, but I can tell you about mine. We had a nice intact black family move into our neighborhood about four years ago. The father was a former co-worker who wanted to get out of the 'hood. All the kids except one of the sons welcomed the change. The kid resented it for reasons I cannot even begin to understand.

It started out with little crap. People's lawn ornaments being swiped, moved and overturned. It escalated to mail going missing from the boxes, late night knocks on the door and fireworks being set off in the front yards. Then penny-ante burglaries and vandalism which escalated until the kid was caught and sent to juvenile detention for a long spell.

I feel sorry for the family because they were really trying to do the right thing by their kids. But now the neighborhood is quiet and pleasant again. The Dad considers the boy extremely lucky that he didn't get shot in one of the break-ins. Most of us around here are armed.

Family has told the kid he is not welcome home when he gets out of detention. He can bunk with one of the relatives in the old 'hood. They don't need the disruption in the lives of their younger children. Neither do the rest of us in the neighborhood.

[Anti-Hillary]

And your story proves the point that it is NOT about race for most whites, but rather a difference of values and principles. I hope this family sticks to their word and this kid gets the tough love he needs.