I stalked/followed a black kid!

[Honeycombe8]

94. Interesting post.

Following him was legal, I think. Maybe not smart, but legal.

As far as I know, it is against the law to peep into windows, so you did see him break the law.

I can see why you didn't want to bother the police, but if you were concerned at all, that's what you should have done, so the cops could've questioned him and gotten his identity. Now he's just a ticked off stranger who may target your place.

If the cops had gotten his identity, he might've avoided your neighborhood in the future.

Talking to him was maybe not a good idea. Haven't we learned from the Martin incident that asking a total stranger that you think is doing something wrong, what they are doing, is not a good idea? (I've done things like that in the past, though, sort of. It's a reflex response.

You think you were being a detective. Maybe the cops couldn't have gotten there soon enuf to get his identity. But...you didn't accomplish much in that you don't have his name and address or his statement of what he was doing.

If you'd called the cops, they might've gotten actual information that would prevent him from burglarizing your neighborhood in the future.

But I can understand your hesitancy to use 911 resources for something you think isn't serious. So if it's not serious, don't be following people.