06-06-2012, 05:46 PM
hmm...
According to a new analysis of Stand Your Ground by the Tampa Bay Times, not only is the law racially biased; it also allows people to get way with outright violent attacks that sometimes resemble murder. For instance, one of the more chilling revelations from the Times’ reporting is that the Stand Your Ground defense has worked in Florida even in cases when the victim has been shot in the back.
Besides allowing questionable behavior, Stand Your Ground also appears to mete out justice in a way that’s not blind toward race. Under Stand Your Ground, people who killed African-Americans went free in 73 percent of the cases, while people who killed whites went free just 59 percent of the time.
In other words, when Stand Your Ground isn’t allowing neighborhood watch members to shoot young Black men, it’s allowing young Black men to kill each other. A grosser law we can’t think of right now.
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http://www.bet.com/news/national/2012/06...round.html
According to a new analysis of Stand Your Ground by the Tampa Bay Times, not only is the law racially biased; it also allows people to get way with outright violent attacks that sometimes resemble murder. For instance, one of the more chilling revelations from the Times’ reporting is that the Stand Your Ground defense has worked in Florida even in cases when the victim has been shot in the back.
Besides allowing questionable behavior, Stand Your Ground also appears to mete out justice in a way that’s not blind toward race. Under Stand Your Ground, people who killed African-Americans went free in 73 percent of the cases, while people who killed whites went free just 59 percent of the time.
In other words, when Stand Your Ground isn’t allowing neighborhood watch members to shoot young Black men, it’s allowing young Black men to kill each other. A grosser law we can’t think of right now.
The opinions expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of BET Networks.
http://www.bet.com/news/national/2012/06...round.html