walking through a department store and being trailed or car doors locking when he crossed the street, that's not legislatable, is it? this is kind of, i think, what some people hope is that demographics and a changing america will do more to change the profiling mindset than any kind of law? >> the president said that was him 35 years ago. that's me on a daily basis, especially when i'm home in new orleans and i'm dressed down, it's something that black men still go through to this day, which is women clutching their purses, hitting the lock button on the door, or just basic attitudes. and even as a u.s. congressman, as a black man, it is very, very frustratin frustrating, and you build up an internal anger about it that you can't act on. so i sympathize with trayvon walking home, minding his own business, and then all of a sudden out of the blue you have someone there and then this incident occurs. i just want to say i think ben said it the best that i ever