2aguy
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How do you guys think this will play out...?
Actually, you doofus.....statistics show black Americans use stand your ground more often than whites do...and they also succeed using it..
A look at one state....
The Daily Caller aggregated the Tampa Bay Times numbers a little differently and came to this (see also here):
So I looked at the data and I think that the Daily Caller made a mistake. At least for decided cases, 69 percent of blacks who have claimed the Stand Your Ground law as a justification was not convicted (24 out of 35) (so 31 percent were convicted).But approximately one third of Florida “Stand Your Ground” claims in fatal cases have been made by black defendants, and they have used the defense successfully 55 percent of the time, at the same rate as the population at large and at a higher rate than white defendants, according to a Daily Caller analysis of a database maintained by the Tampa Bay Times. Additionally, the majority of victims in Florida “Stand Your Ground” cases have been white. . . .
For whites, the percentage is actually lower. 62 percent of whites who claimed Stand Your Ground as justifying their actions were not convicted (40 out of 65).
So are blacks discriminated against when relying on Stand Your Ground laws?
Here is a case that the liberal point to in arguing against Stand Your Ground laws. To me, assuming that the facts are accurate, it certainly looks like Marissa behaved properly and I have stated …