- 12 Dec 2019 23:57
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One of the things I noticed here over the past decade or two, is the appearance of "Stand Your Ground" laws, especially in the southern United States. I have seen where whites who use deadly force against blacks seem to get off on the "Stand Your Ground" defense. Yet, it seems, where I saw one case on CNN where a black woman pulled a gun on her ex husband who has in the past physically attacked her and she was sentenced to prison of 20 years for aggravated assault in the state of Florida. She didn't even use deadly force on him. Florida has one of the strongest, if not the strongest "Stand Your Ground" laws. Yet, it seems that this law is being applied unequally to black people. A CNN opinion piece discusses the unequal application of "Stand Your Ground" laws.
(Love, 2018)
David Love writes further.
(Love, 2018)
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/03/opin ... index.html
Which then raises a slew of questions. What is the real intent of these "Stand Your Ground" laws? Why would legislatures even consider passing such laws? In order to assure that the law works to protect life, liberty and property of all people; then given the evidence that was presented in the CNN opinion piece, it would only make sense to repeal these "Stand Your Ground" laws.
Reference-
Love, D. (2018, August 4). 'Stand your ground' laws encourage racially charged violence. Retrieved December 12, 2019, from https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/03/opin ... index.html
David Love of CNN wrote:In fact, a 2015 study in the journal Social Science & Medicine found that stand your ground is rife with racial bias. According to the research, defendants in Florida were nearly twice as likely to be convicted in a case involving white victims than they were in cases with victims of color.
(Love, 2018)
David Love writes further.
David Love of CNN wrote:The racial disparities in justifiable homicides under stand your ground only support the notion that this law was designed to benefit white shooters and not gun owners of color. According to the Urban Institute, when both the shooter and victim are white, 11% of these cases are ruled justifiable. When both parties are black, the rate is 8%. However, when the shooter is white and the victim is black, the rate of justifiable homicide is 34%. But when the shooter is black and the victim is white, that rate is only 3%.
(Love, 2018)
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/03/opin ... index.html
Which then raises a slew of questions. What is the real intent of these "Stand Your Ground" laws? Why would legislatures even consider passing such laws? In order to assure that the law works to protect life, liberty and property of all people; then given the evidence that was presented in the CNN opinion piece, it would only make sense to repeal these "Stand Your Ground" laws.
Reference-
Love, D. (2018, August 4). 'Stand your ground' laws encourage racially charged violence. Retrieved December 12, 2019, from https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/03/opin ... index.html
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