Mary suggested that I mention something that I didn't yesterday. When Mary Belle was explaining her situation to the police officer she wasn't getting much of response from him until she mentioned that the strange man in the parking lot happened to be black.
What's more, when I was speaking to the desk officer the first time I called the police. I didn't mention that the suspicious man was black either. My head doesn't work that way. It never has. I've never categorized people by their skin color but more by the content of their character. I seem to remember hearing that somewhere when I was very young? I guess it just stuck.
I don't know for a fact that the police acted any differently because of this. I have noticed that Orange County has a lot of white people as residents, but also lots of Asian and Hispanic people too. My presumption is that the Laguna Niguel police don't like strange men in elementary school parking lots no matter what their skin color is. I know I don't.
At any rate I hope everyone is having a rocking Thanksgiving.