Quote Originally Posted by Laura's Babies View Post
But I am confused. There was a blond lady on TV being interviewed as the one who made the call, then a dark haired younger lady on yesterday as the one who made the call.. ?????
I haven't seen the blonde, only the dark-haired woman. My question is: what if she had given the description of the person as being a man of color? Isn't that what we're supposed to do? We're told to be as accurate as possible in our descriptions and she didn't even bring race or color into it anyhow. The person on the other end of the 911 call did. To call someone a racist is one of the most serious charges to level against someone and yet that word is bandied about and ofttimes unfairly. What if the person that she perceived to be breaking into the home was quite diminutive in stature and she said "Well, he's really short". Are the little people going to be outraged? What if she said "I can't really tell if the person is male or female". Will the transgender people be ready for a fight? This has got to stop. She was looking out for her neighbor and her neighborhood and she's been vilified for it. It's no wonder that people are afraid to get involved.