I'm a Neighborhood Watch 'Block Captain'.

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12. I've heard of this happening in my area, as well. Racial profiling.

My HOA does not have a neighborhood watch, although there has been talk of starting one. At least one of the residents is blatantly racist. Fortunately, the rest of us strongly disagree with her - we're appalled by her behavior in all respects, she's the stereotypical neighbor from hell - but I can just imagine how she would react to being empowered further.

I helped start a neighborhood watch in another community many years ago, and it was much like the OP describes. Those were the days before listservs, though. I wonder if this HOA has a listserv and if so, what the emails say. If Trayvon's family were going to sue, they would want to subpoena those emails.