THANKS DANDAN, but I stopped using the cane the day after the meeting. My intent was to be s peaceful, reassuring presence on the street but (if you can judge by the looks on their faces) people seemed to think it was more threatening than reassuring, so I stopped using it.
I can;t speak for other people but after a couple weeks I reached the point where I didn't think of Mrs. Young;s murder as the new style of crime in CC, I considered it an aberration, a once in a hundred years event that didn't fit into a pattern of any kind. As the slgan on a best-selling T-Shirt says, sometimes "S--T HAPPENS". You can't stop or predict it, the best you can do is get over it as fast as you can and get back to your normal life.
So I once again stroll the streets without a cane, without looking over my shoulder and most importantly without insulting the people around me by being afraid of them. I do not consider the people on the streets a threat, I consider them my protectors.
I was getting better at going slow before Mrs. Young's killing. I'm trying to inch my way back to it.
Some people may consider very blunt admissions of how I dealt with Mrs. Young's killing as something that discourages Tourists from coming to CC. I consider it exactly the opposite, something that would give a rational answer to any skeptical Tourist who asked "How can I consider Caye Caulker a safe place to visit after the murder of one its residents?"

THE BEST WAY I CAN THINK OF TO PROVE THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME SIDE
If you (the Village Council or the Neighborhood Watch or Alberto Villanueva--or Amanda) feel that what I have said will hurt Tourism in CC, you have my blessing if you want to delete it. I presented my viewpoint. You didn't like it. In the interest of moving forward from this point as a Unified Group, I will support whatever program you choose.