People don't walk in the US? Of course, people walk all over and all of the time here...I walk a lot in Los Angeles, I call them urban hikes and I never have problem other then the occasional crazies that inhabit high density population centers. I certainly don't like some of the things that came out of the 9/11 events, but the ability to move unmolested by police is easy here. If many people walk here in LA, with its reputation of always driving, then people are out and about everywhere.

I don't know what happened here with Bob, it could be a problem with events out of 9/11, or simply the police concerned for his safety since he is a famous performer. Seldom do these stories provide a full description of what took place, other then titillating details to provide a "good" story.

To get too overblown about it helps no one, certainly if this is somehow linked to racial relations when no facts are there to support that. I think it is time to pull together as peoples of all stripes and colors...what a beautiful tapestry it is!

For those of you overseas, life here in the US is large and complicated. If you chose to color things according to your own prejudices then you miss out on the wonderful and, yes, sometimes terrible things that are found in all societies including ours.

Astro here in Los Angeles