JoeB131
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White boy is cornered in a bathroom, victim proposes they fight now, white boy refuses is then subsequently attacked. White boy then pulls a knife and kills the victim. Self defense and Stand your ground laws are now automatically in effect under Texas state law. This is why he was not found guilty for murder or manslaughter.
Right, because WHITE PRIVILEGE.
lack Boy enters a tent he's not suppposed to be in, refuses to leave when asked 14 times to do so, challenges anyone to touch him, victim then pushes black boy to get him out of the tent and black boy then pulls a knife and kills the victim. Neither self defense, nor stand your ground laws can be invoked here because there was never a real threat from the victim. Suspect was also not cornered in a room. These are two very different cases under the law.
Yes, how dare that uppity black boy not leave a tent. Those Metcalf boys were gonna put that negro in his place, just like their dad told them to when he was talking smack like "Watermelon Felon" at home.
"Stand Your Ground" doesn't apply to black people. We've already established this many times. LIke the lady who went to jail because she fired a warning shot in her own home to chase off her abusive husband.
Marissa Alexander: A Miscarriage of Justice - Guild Notes
[UPDATE: Marissa Alexander was freed February 2017!] By Kerry McLean, Anti-Sexism Committee Chair A miscarriage of justice has occurred in Florida. You might be wondering which instance I am referring to. From hanging chads to the murder of Trayvon Martin, Florida has developed a reputation in...
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At the moment I refer to the case of Marissa Alexander. In Marissa’s case the person that was abused is the person that was punished. Marissa, an African American mother of three from Jacksonville, had been married to a man that has a record of abusing her and other women. In 2010, after firing one warning shot in self-defense, Marissa was arrested, convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to 20 years in prison. No one had been injured by her warning shot. After an international advocacy campaign was launched, led primarily by the group Free Marissa Now, Marissa Alexander was granted a new trial. Bizarrely, Florida prosecutor Angela Corey threatened to put Marissa behind bars for 60 years if she was found guilty after her second trial. Under the helm of new counsel, Marissa was granted a new trial.
Marissa eventually pleaded guilty in November 2014, which she had refused to do during her first trial. From the time of her arrest to her release into house arrest, Marissa spent almost 1,100 days behind bars. She missed the first two years of her newborn’s life. She is under house arrest for the next two years. She now has a criminal record. Marissa was not only abused by her ex-husband; she was abused again by a racist and sexist system.