Umm did these two cases both take place in the same jurisdiction? It seems that jurisdiction may play more into this than racism. There were two different DA's, two different state laws that defined justifiable homicide and manslaughter, it isn't really a fair comparison. Btw just based upon surface facts, I believe both should receive some type of punishment.

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