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Why Are People Angry That Race Was Not Mentioned During Deliberations in Dunn’s Trial?

 

“Recently, two of the jurors in the case of Michael Dunn have interviewed with CNN. Both were asked if race was mentioned during deliberations.  Both answered “no.”  Then, panels discussing the interviews voiced their disagreement with the jury not discussing race during deliberations.  Some online sources have also criticized those jurors. Even Jordan Davis’ father said he could not see how it didn’t come up since Dunn’s girlfriend gave credible testimony that he used the words “thug music.””

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

I do think bias played a part in Michael Dunn’s actions. I suppose race was not mentioned by the prosecution because a hate crime would require more specific hate speech.

 

This is the hate speech I heard him use:

  • “rap crap”
  • “son of a bitch”
  • “animals” – when referring to others in the prison.

 

I suppose the prosecution didn’t want to go down the hate crime road with only those three phrases.

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The Logic of the Michael Dunn Jury

 

The most amazing feature of our era is the belief that 300 years of racist policy gives no tell on our daily lives. The second is the belief that juries are somehow beyond reproach.

 

This is about whether we will live in candor or live in flattery. This is about whether we will continue the dishonorable tradition of leaving uncomfortable business to be inherited by our children…

 

A very wise man wrote me the other day and said he would have been happier if Dunn had been convicted of first-degree murder, gotten 15 years, and then was released to try to pick up the pieces of his life. And I think that really gets to the point. This is not about the ruination of white people—individual or collective. This is about coping with a heritage of regarding black people as subhuman.”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

“Proof that Michael Dunn’s mistrial wasn’t about confusion over self-defense”

 

@xtinasterbenz

 

See on www.theatlantic.com

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White rage and white lies: How the right’s language about race created Michael Dunn and George Zimmerman

The way we talk about race remains all wrong — and until we fix it, more young people are going to needlessly die

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This article goes into depth on what needs to be understood about U.S. race relations.

 

Talks about implicit racial bias as a pervasive phenomenon, with deep roots in how humans normally think.

 

See on www.salon.com

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▶ Was This Execution Cruel And Unusual?

 

“An attorney for the family of a killer whose Ohio execution by lethal injection was marked by several minutes of unprecedented gasping and unusual sounds plans to sue the state over what happened. Dayton defense lawyer John Paul Rion says Dennis McGuire’s family is deeply disturbed by his execution and believes it violated his constitutional rights. Rion is a member of a state Supreme Court panel examining possible changes to Ohio’s death penalty law. He said Thursday all citizens have a right to expect they won’t be punished in a cruel and unusual fashion…”.* Ben Mankiewicz (co-host, What The Flick?! and TYT Sports) breaks it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/nationa…
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Stand your ground database Florida

The Trayvon Martin case has brought scrutiny to Florida’s stand your ground law. The Tampa Bay Times finds the self defense law has been invoked more than 200 times since 2005.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Here’s a database of over 236 cases of Stand Your Ground in Florida.

See on www.tampabay.com

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Family wants answers in man’s mysterious death in Texas

A coroner says Alfred Wright, whose body was found on a Texas ranch, died because of “drug intoxication,” but his family calls his death suspicious.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

The family found his body in the same area that the police said that they already searched. Apparently someone put the body there after the police called off the search.

 

Death cause by severe trauma to neck and head area.

See on www.cnn.com

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LaVena Johnson

 

“LaVena Johnson (1985-2005), an American soldier, was the first female soldier from Missouri to die in the Iraq War. The Army called it suicide. Her parents say she was beat up, raped, shot in the head and then dragged to a storage tent that was set on fire to destroy the evidence.”

 
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Man Running Home Naked Is Killed, Shooter Still Not Charged

 

A 22-year-old man running home naked after his clothes were taken died after being shot in Florida by a shooter who has not been charged with a crime.

 

He leaves behind a 3-year-old daughter and a distressed mother. Now, his family wants answers, and someone held accountable. They wonder why Laguerre has not been arrested. The family has started a facebook page, Justice4Jandei, and a petition on Change.org calling on Florida authorities to charge Laguerre in the case.

 
See on endstandyourground.wordpress.com