I don't honestly think we're "sheltered" here in CO, it's just not a front and center issue as much as it is elsewhere in this vast and diverse nation. No one seems to remember the LoDo crap last year? Black dudes beating up white guys late at night and spouting racial comments, and both the mayor's office and DPD brass refused to call it "hate crime" or "racially motivated". The sad part is, this whole drama has become racially involved, thanks to baiters like Jackson, Sharpton, and Oblahblah... DOJ doing community organizing? That's a huge problem right there. Obama inciting this behavior ("If I had a son he'd look like Trayvon"), and the twitter scene blowing up with talk (actions maybe not) of riots and killing white people. This is all getting way out of hand. Guarantee if it was a black man that shot a 17 year old white kid, this wouldn't even be a blip on anyone's radar.
Michael Brown was talking about it yesterday, and it's all the fault of the liberal media, and the baiters mentioned before for making this a big deal. Had they not gotten involved and this just left alone, I don't think any charges would be filed, and no one would have ever known the names of Trayvon Martin or George Zimmerman. Brown was right, rule of law in this country is starting to vanish.