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Wed Oct 15, 2014, 01:34 PM

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South Carolina Prosecutors Say Stand Your Ground Doesn�t Apply To Victims Of Domestic Violence [View all] babylonsister Oct 2014 OP

Inconceivable, Ma'am The Magistrate Oct 2014 #1

I hear you, my friend, and am appalled. Seems inhuman to me. nt babylonsister Oct 2014 #2

They really don't consider women citizens csziggy Oct 2014 #4

True. This has always been their view. freshwest Oct 2014 #8

Excellent point And it is true. We're not citizens. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #68

Just so. Tenthers don't accept women's suffrage, much less equality. riqster Oct 2014 #27

It's pretty much "Stand Your Ground is for men only...and by 'men' I mean 'white men'". Ken Burch Oct 2014 #41

Bingo! n/t FourScore Oct 2014 #67

Makes me wonder if these "officials" are worried about their spouse standing their ground on them. kairos12 Oct 2014 #42

Truly sickening. TDale313 Oct 2014 #3

Absolutely disgusting. nt Mnemosyne Oct 2014 #5

Why don't they just come out and say it only applies to white males. bullwinkle428 Oct 2014 #6

It sure would make them look less stupid wouldn't it? jen63 Oct 2014 #9

You beat me to it. + infinity stevenleser Oct 2014 #15

+1 uponit7771 Oct 2014 #26

+1 Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2014 #39

^^This!^^ BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #43

You nailed it! burrowowl Oct 2014 #61

paranoid white males Skittles Oct 2014 #65

Damn. Solly Mack Oct 2014 #7

Good thing prosecutors aren't the final authority on when SYG applies. aikoaiko Oct 2014 #10

No discussion of SYG should be complete w/o reminding everyone that Jeb Bush was a major FSogol Oct 2014 #11

Hell's bells his LAST NAME should serve as a hifiguy Oct 2014 #32

Didn't know that about ol' Jeb. But not surprised. No, not at all. blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #44

So even if a woman isn't living with her abuser justiceischeap Oct 2014 #12

Tell me again how there's no war on women. malthaussen Oct 2014 #13

+1000 theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #17

Though I have questioned SYG as it appears to apply to one subset of folk "allowed" to SYG etherealtruth Oct 2014 #28

Wish I could say I was surprised. SYG is for white, straight, men to shoot "the other" where stevenleser Oct 2014 #14

+1 hifiguy Oct 2014 #33

Agreed. No accident AT ALL. nt stevenleser Oct 2014 #38

not surprising heaven05 Oct 2014 #16

Disgusting. /nt yardwork Oct 2014 #18

Essentially: no castle, no doctrine. eom Bad Thoughts Oct 2014 #19

By the letter of the law Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #20

article implies SYG generally is inapplicable to women in abusive relationships. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #25

Yep. +1 nt stevenleser Oct 2014 #37

Really? The Jungle 1 Oct 2014 #50

you may have a point, were it true that the cops actually gave a shit redruddyred Oct 2014 #51

Wait ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2014 #21

A woman is killed every 12 days? BobbyBoring Oct 2014 #22

because current policing methods don't work. redruddyred Oct 2014 #52

Cops don't understand shit, period. blackspade Oct 2014 #59

Considering that cops have a high rate of abusers among their tblue37 Oct 2014 #71

how do these people sleep at night? Takket Oct 2014 #23

^ n/t BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2014 #24

Will someone please explain the last sentence in the OP to me? Jenoch Oct 2014 #29

Since that's not possible, babylonsister Oct 2014 #35

You even got it wrong. Jenoch Oct 2014 #36

No, dear, you're reading babylonsister Oct 2014 #40

The problem is that the subject of the sentence Jenoch Oct 2014 #57

the problem isn't punishment, rather scaring these guys enough to keep them from redruddyred Oct 2014 #54

South Carolina protect women? lark Oct 2014 #30

There was a detailed article on SC's problems dealing with domestic violence a while back n2doc Oct 2014 #31

now I have heard it all strawberries Oct 2014 #34

How much longer can it be until the Republican Party pushes for women wearing burqas, blkmusclmachine Oct 2014 #45

"prosecutor" his job is to make anyone a criminal...it's what he does. ileus Oct 2014 #46

That should be ... blackspade Oct 2014 #60

Very telling: Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #47

how much you wanna bet that redruddyred Oct 2014 #55

Exactly. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #56

Good Gawd, how vulcan shameless can you get? Darb Oct 2014 #48

The Legislature's Intent with SWG was to Declare Open Season on Minorities AndyTiedye Oct 2014 #49

The Law should be written so it is clear who and what is covered. sammy750 Oct 2014 #53

Kidd sounds like an abusing prick protecting himself. blackspade Oct 2014 #58

Obviously horrible jeffrey_pdx Oct 2014 #62

I think it should be taken one step further and used MontyPow Oct 2014 #63

What the fuck? n/t bvf Oct 2014 #64

while pointing his gun at several teens he called �women thugs.� IronLionZion Oct 2014 #66

Let's try that one out on the SCOTUS. jwirr Oct 2014 #69

Culver Kidd is a corrupt piece of shit, no doubt. AverageJoe90 Oct 2014 #70