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In reply to the discussion: South Carolina Prosecutors Say Stand Your Ground Doesn’t Apply To Victims Of Domestic Violence [View all]Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)47. Very telling:
We believe that applying the statute so that its reach into our homes and personal relationships is inconsistent with (its) wording and intent.
(emphasis added)
They want to continue to abuse their domestic partners without fear of SYG getting in their way. I wonder if he realizes how revealing this is.
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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
It's pretty much "Stand Your Ground is for men only...and by 'men' I mean 'white men'".
Ken Burch
Oct 2014
#41
Makes me wonder if these "officials" are worried about their spouse standing their ground on them.
kairos12
Oct 2014
#42
No discussion of SYG should be complete w/o reminding everyone that Jeb Bush was a major
FSogol
Oct 2014
#11
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
article implies SYG generally is inapplicable to women in abusive relationships.
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2014
#25
the problem isn't punishment, rather scaring these guys enough to keep them from
redruddyred
Oct 2014
#54
There was a detailed article on SC's problems dealing with domestic violence a while back
n2doc
Oct 2014
#31
How much longer can it be until the Republican Party pushes for women wearing burqas,
blkmusclmachine
Oct 2014
#45