Oh my days, this image nails it

[caraher]

9. I'd split the difference

They probably did have some vague fear. The same fear that so many of the cops shooting unarmed black folks point to in using their "stay out of jail free" cards. Some of the claim is self-serving but a piece of it is, I think, genuine. Racism makes many people, particularly white folks, see danger in people of color, and conservative punditry conflates protest with violence. Just because they ought to know better doesn't mean their lizard brains don't send danger signals.

But mostly, screw them. They might be legally correct on a fine technical legal point with the claim that their neighborhood is all technically private property, but in real life these people were just passing by on their way to the mayor's residence and would have readily explained this had they bothered to ask without firearms in their hands. It's really important to stop giving license to people to use guns to threaten others anytime they start feeling uncomfortable. Too many have died as a result.