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Originally Posted by redwitch
A landscaper stopped by a house on Fenwick to see how the yard was doing. He was in his personal vehicle. He got out of the car and pulled a few weeds and left. As he was leaving via the Sanibel gate, the police came roaring in. The police turned around and pulled him over. They had gotten a call that two black men had been checking out the house.
To say the landscaper is upset is putting it mildly. No one asked him what he was doing at the house although he felt it was pretty obvious since he had not been near the house itself.
So, were people being good neighbors in calling the police? Would they have called the police had this been two white men in the yard? What would you have done?
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Get the license plate number and take down a description of the men and their car would be a better solution. Also ask the home owner about the landscaper they have.
A lot of the landscapers who work in the Villages are minorities. I do believe a little paranoia is healthy in this world but so is common sense. There are more reasonable approaches to this situation like taking notes about license plate numbers. You can even use a cell phone to take pictures of the car, men or women, etc.