KNOW THE TRUTH FIRST..."African Americans benefit from Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law at a rate far out of proportion to their presence in the state’s population, despite an assertion by Attorney General Eric Holder that repealing “Stand Your Ground” would help African Americans. Black Floridians have made about a third of the state’s total “Stand Your Ground” claims in homicide cases, a rate nearly double the black percentage of Florida’s population. Nonetheless, prominent African Americans including Holder and “Ebony and Ivory” singer Stevie Wonder, who has vowed not to perform in the Sunshine State until the law is revoked, have made “Stand Your Ground” a central part of the Trayvon Martin controversy. But approximately 1/3 of Florida “Stand Your Ground” claims in fatal cases have been made by black defendants, and they have used the defense successfully 55% of the time, at the same rate as the population at large and at a higher rate than white defendants, Additionally, the majority of victims in Florida “Stand Your Ground” cases have been white. African Americans used “Stand Your Ground” defenses at nearly twice the rate of their presence in the Florida population." BEFORE SPEAKING IN IGNORANCE.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:12:51 +0000
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