I did not read anywhere in the op's statement that said anything about you, or anyone else for that matter to have police called on them for walking down the street. He was merely pointing out the injustice being committed by our president in the wake of the not quilty verdict.
I was not replying to the OP.
It is correct, however, that the anti-gun crowd, and the people who have racial predujice against whites are using this case as an excuse to push their propaganda. The people who are pushing for repeal of stand your ground laws are fully admitting that Travon Martin must have been the agressor, if they are going to also attempt to say that George Zimmerman should have been required to retreat rather than shoot. And, if they are going to say that George Zimmerman was the agressor, then they also have to say that it should have been Travon Martin who was required to run away. Either way you look at it, Travon Martin would be declared to be the criminal in that situation. The racists who are saying that the stand your ground law must be repealed to keep white people from killing black people refuse to tell you that black people who make up something like 15% of the population in the Florida but have used the stand your ground law to defend themselves 33% in all of the stand your ground defense cases. The racists who are saying that "justice must be served" are actually only saying that George Zimmerman must be CONVICTED because he was a white guy who killed a black guy and that has nothing to do with justice being served.
I get all that.
I was specifically replying to the statement that "George Zimmerman did nothing that a normal person would not consider reasonable." Prior to Travon Martin actually committing a crime or appearing to commit a crime, I don't feel that any of George Zimmerman's actions to investigate or initiate an investigation of Travon Martin were reasonable.
I have been in Travon Martin's situation. I have been investigated for an action that, while not common, was not indicitive of any criminal act being committed. Did Travon Martin make a reasonable response to Zimmerman's investigation? NO, certainly not. But I cannot say that Zimmerman's investigation of Martin was reasonable either.
1. If we are going to say that Zimmermans actions to call the police to report Martin's presence and/or to approach Martin and ask what he was doing there are resonable, then we must also acknowledge that it would equally as reasonable for Martin to ask Zimmerman exactly the same questions.
2. Once the answer of "It's none of your damn business" is given by either party, then it would be reasonable to walk away from the situation and if you really felt the need to, let the police figure out if there is reasonable suspicion or not - unless there is actual reason to believe the person is committing a crime likely to result in grave bodily harm or death to another person.
3. Once there is actual reason to believe that the subject is committing or about to commit a crime that would result in grave bodily harm, then certainly taking action to prevent that is reasonable.
4. Was it reasonable for George Zimmerman to shoot Martin when he did? Absolutely. That's what the jury ruled. However, I will not say that the actions taken by either party leading up to that situation were reasonable - not Zimmerman's investigation, and not Martin's response to that investigation.
Let's apply this to my situation of eating dinner in a restaurant at dinner time while wearing a holstered handgun. Joe Customer calls the police and says, there is a guy wearing a gun on his belt eating dinner in this restaurant. Police respond, "OK. We will investigate it." Meanwhile, I finish my meal and proceed to leave the restaurant. Joe Customer comes up to me and says, Hey, I just called the police because you are wearing a gun. What is reasonable after that point? Is it reasonable for Joe Customer to attemt to detain me until the police arrive? NO. Is it perfectly reasonable for me to say to Joe Customer, "Well, that's fine and dandy, but I am going to leave now and go about my business?" ABSOLUTELY. Is it reasonable for me to physically attack Joe Customer because they have called the police and are just asking about my gun or telling me they called the police. NO. Would it be reasonable for Joe Customer to defend themselves if I did choose to attack them? ABSOLUTELY. Would it be reasonable for me to defend myself should Joe Citizen decide to atempt to physically detain me? Also ABSOLUTELY YES.
The only thing reasonable about the whole Zimmerman case was the jury's finding of not guilty, IMHO.
