Why, O Why, Obama?

  From what I've understood, the jurors on the Zimmerman trial attempted to eliminate race as a factor in their decision.  Those who spoke out seemed sincere in expressing how they arrived at their decision to  disregard the race of the accused and of the deceased.  Now the President speaks out, and with but a perfunctory nod to the efforts of the jury and the workings of the court system, ties the entire proceedings to race, pure and simple.  He takes this opportunity to mention that when he was in Illinois he passed racial profiling legislation.  He could have been Trayvon 35 years ago, he says, meaning what?  That he could have been shot to death if he'd assaulted an armed man who'd been following him?
   Very few African American men haven't had the experience of hearing car door locks click when  crossing the street, he says.   Really, very few?  Where does that statistic come from? Who surveyed African American men on that issue?   And how long has it been since locks were manually depressed?  Quite a few years, I'd say.
    Likewise, that same number of very few African American men have not had the experience of "women clutching their handbags"  in their presence.   Would that sexist and insulting image of women apply to white women only?  What about black women, or other races?  I would suggest that if that majority of black men paid such close attention to how a woman holds her purse, that alone might give cause for women's concern.
    And let's take that observation still further:   those black men are on an elevator  this time, and observe a woman "clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she gets off."  Is there a nervous and non-nervous way to clutch a purse?   Who can tell that a woman is holding her breath?  And "until she gets off the elevator": do the black men not only diagnose nervousness, but also follow women off the elevator and note when she stops holding her breath?  Obviously our president is not  very familiar with the scientific method upon which statistics should be based. 
    He cites that Stand Your Ground  allows someone armed the right to use a weapon even if there is a way to exit the danger.  He speculates:  "If Trayvon Martin were of age and armed, could he have stood his  ground and shot Mr. Zimmerman because he felt threatened by him? "   Throwing down the gauntlet in this fashion is a dangerous statement for the leader of our country to make. Our president's egotism and desire to leave an even more distinctive legacy are not valid justifications to add fuel to the racial fire.