From AlterNet, "Defendants in Florida who employ the "Stand Your Ground" defense are more successful when white and victim is black."
Not in the least bit surprised.
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Showing posts with label Stand Your Ground. Show all posts
Monday, July 22, 2013
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Race, Stand Your Ground and Inconsistencies
So I just watched a clip of The Daily Show, where John Oliver talks about a black woman in Florida who fired her gun in the air to ward off her abusive husband and was arrested for it. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison and the jury took 12 minutes to deliberate. That's justice in the US.
David Simon on the Zimmerman/Martin Verdict
Simon says pretty much some of the things I feel.
I was with my son this past weekend when the verdict was announced. He just moved to Atlanta with his mother and her partner. This was my first visit since they moved about a month ago. We were playing video games and watching a movie Saturday night when I heard the jury had made a decision. My son is just about to turn 13. He's black/hispanic (mom's hispanic, dad's black--I'm technically his stepdad, but have been with him since he was 3 and by all purposes am his dad). You try to protect them from these things for as long as you can, but the fact is that he's getting older and needs to know the way the world work when it comes to being a young black male in society. He's goofy, funny and funky, all things that make him special. But to someone who doesn't know him and has stereotypes of young black boys, those things aren't recognized and don't matter.
I cut and pasted the entire as much of it summarized how I feel (see below the break). You can go to the original post by clicking here.
I was with my son this past weekend when the verdict was announced. He just moved to Atlanta with his mother and her partner. This was my first visit since they moved about a month ago. We were playing video games and watching a movie Saturday night when I heard the jury had made a decision. My son is just about to turn 13. He's black/hispanic (mom's hispanic, dad's black--I'm technically his stepdad, but have been with him since he was 3 and by all purposes am his dad). You try to protect them from these things for as long as you can, but the fact is that he's getting older and needs to know the way the world work when it comes to being a young black male in society. He's goofy, funny and funky, all things that make him special. But to someone who doesn't know him and has stereotypes of young black boys, those things aren't recognized and don't matter.
I cut and pasted the entire as much of it summarized how I feel (see below the break). You can go to the original post by clicking here.
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