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hack89

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8. So when you look at the link I provided

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #7)

Tue May 6, 2014, 01:35 PM

May 2014

you will see that there is no racial disparity when it comes to administering justice in Florida SYG cases. That should give you some reassurance.

More to the point, you know as well as I do that the danger to black men is not white men. Interracial violent crime is not the norm in America. So painting SYG as racially motivated is not only wrong, it deflects attention from the real problem. A couple of high profile SYG shootings should not distract from the day to day violence that black men are subjected to. Shootings that more often than not are done with illegal guns and have nothing to do with SYG.

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Effort to repeal "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida dies in state's Senate [View all] Jemon May 2014 OP

Shot down by the stand your ground advocates NV Whino May 2014 #1

until a congressperson has a brush with someone 'standing their ground' it wont change leftyohiolib May 2014 #2

No big shock Blue_Tires May 2014 #3

SYG in Florida favors the shooter regardless of race hack89 May 2014 #4

We've already been over those cherry-picked stats Blue_Tires May 2014 #5

The OP is about Florida hack89 May 2014 #6

All right...Let's back up a bit... Blue_Tires May 2014 #7

So when you look at the link I provided hack89 May 2014 #8