Stand Your Ground? It depends...

Thanks to Jon Gutmacher for posting this:

"The Double Standard

I've been doing a little research on the web -- and found out that in several situations where a black individual had used self defense -- often very akin to the Zimmerman case -- black politicians and groups, including the NAACP have been VERY VOCAL in supporting their right to use deadly force. Take a look at this announcement from the NAACP about the John McNeal case. Just change the race situation around -- and you can imagine Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton beating down the doors to enforce the Stand Your Ground laws! You really gotta read this one! (and there were lots more)
http://www.naacp.org/news/entry/the-cost-of-self-defense-the-john-mcneil-story"

 

This may be a miscarriage of justice - indeed McNeil appears to have committed justifiable homicide in self-defense - and, no, it is not identical to the Martin case in the details, but it is illuminating to see how a little change in the race of perpetrator and victim (and you can decide which was which) makes a difference as to whether a law is good or not.

 

Hypocrisy?  Apparently!