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In reply to the discussion: Trayvon also made a 911 call? How come we are not hearing about it? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)the point is that: I'm middle aged, I'm not skinny, and if it's in the daylight my face is clearly visible even though wearing a hoodie.
But if there were a rash of middle aged women burglarizing our neighborhood at night while wearing hoodies, I'd think twice before wearing my hoodie past dark to walk the neighborhood, although I would have every right to do that. If I'm walking my dogs, that's a giveaway I'm not a criminal. They'd be in the way of my criminal activities (they're pretty active and excitable).
But sometimes the juveniles aren't wearing hoodies. And sometimes the criminals are older men (they do the heavier crimes, like steal a truck and move it to the alley and put it on blocks and steal the rims). The younger ones break into storage sheds, into houses through back doors and windows, deface property, steal items in people's yards, that sort of thing.
We keep an eye out during the school year during the daytime. Juveniles are supposed to be in school, so the police will check out any juveniles walking the streets during school hours.