It Seems Somebody Black Always Is On The Wrong End Of SYG

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That's your anger talking.

One of the things I like about new media is the immediate attention-whoring gratification aspect. If you doubt it, just google Krugman's name a day after he writes an article. It will be at least ten people trying to make a name for themselves by calling out Krugman. But in general, the back-and-forth is real between these outlets, so I'm sure there will be at least 2 or 3 articles countering the ones you posted.

Whether they do it well or not is another matter.

 

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911 Dispatcher in Renisha McBride Case;

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Renisha McBride; Theodore P. Wafer, the Dearbor Heights, Mich., resident charged with second-degree murder in McBride's death


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Dearborn Heights Man Bound Over For
Trial For Murder In Porch Shooting Case​

December 19,2013


DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – The judge says this is not a case of self defense.

Theodore Paul Wafer has been bound over for trial in the shooting death of 19-year-old Renisha McBride on his front porch.

Judge David Turf Thursday morning ruled that the prosecution met their burden of proof in the case.

Testimony in a preliminary examination Wednesday showed he was about 3 feet from McBride, 19, when he opened fire, shooting her in the face. Wafer, 54, is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and a felony firearm charge.

The defense claims he acted in self defense.

Assistant Prosecutor Danielle Hagaman argued that notion is faulty, saying it doesn’t make sense to open and door and start shooting, even if McBride was, as some suspect, banging the door and possibly trying to get in.

“His actions, according to what they say he did, that’s not reasonable,” Hagaman said.

The death of the teen has been a flashpoint, with protesters calling the incident “another Trayvon.” McBride was unarmed and allegedly looking for help in the well-kept Dearborn Heights neighborhood when she was killed.

Testimony included a toxicology report that showed McBride’s blood-alcohol content was roughly 0.22 percent – more than twice the .08 legal limit for driving in Michigan and eleven times the .02 legal limit for minors. The report also showed that McBride had marijuana in her system.

At between .3 and .4, people usually become comatose, testified Wayne County Assistant Medical Examiner Kali Keisha. Death from alcohol poisoning generally comes at .4, he added.

“They have unsteady gait, they’re confused and sometimes they’re talking irrationally,” Keisha said, describing how someone may act with McBride’s level of intoxication.

The teen was wearing black boots, dark jeans, a blue hoodie, and had $56 in her back pocket when she was shot in the face in the early morning hours Nov. 2 on the porch of a home on Outer Drive near Warren Avenue, according to a police report. Hours earlier, McBride was involved in a car accident several blocks north of where the shooting later occurred.

Carmen Beasley of Detroit testified that at about 1 a.m. on the night of McBride’s death she heard a loud crash and realized her husband’s car, which was parked on the street, had been hit. “I watched a little bit,” Beasley testified, saying the driver later identified at McBride walked away from the crash “like, holding her head.”

She said she asked the teen if she was OK and requested her cell phone so she could call someone she knew for help. “She was like patting her pockets,” Beasley said, adding McBride “just kept saying she wanted to go home.”

“I wanted to get her home; you know, safely,” Beasley said. “And then at that point I saw blood on her hands … I said ‘you’re hurt,’ let me call an ambulance.”

Keisha testified she had no marks from a seat belt on her, indicating either she had not been wearing one or the impact was too slight to leave marks. Because of the severe shotgun wound, there was no way to tell if she had an earlier head injury from the crash, Keisha testified.

McBride had a “significant amount” of blood on her right hand, but no scrapes or abrasions, Keisha said.
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Re: The Shooting of Renisha McBride

Guilty on ALL COUNTS; including 2nd Degree Murder and Manslaughter.

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Has ALEC lost it's influence?

 

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Re: The Shooting of Renisha McBride

Guilty on ALL COUNTS; including 2nd Degree Murder and Manslaughter.

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Man who shot and killed Renisha McBride sentenced to at least 17 years in prison

 

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Florida 'warning shot' case ends in plea deal

Florida 'warning shot' case ends in plea deal
Associated Press
By DEREK KINNER 18 hours ago

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A woman accused of firing a gun at her estranged husband and his two sons in what she said was self-defense took a plea deal in a case that first got attention because her attorneys used Florida's "stand your ground" law in its defense, arguing that she feared for her life before discharging the weapon.

Marissa Alexander is charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the 2010 shooting. Under the deal with prosecutors, she would receive credit for the 1,030 days she has already served. Alexander's chief attorney, Bruce Zimet, said it was his client who agreed to the deal after it was offered.

"I think from our client's standpoint, she wanted to get this behind her and move on with her life and her family," Zimet said.

Had the 34-year-old Alexander, of Jacksonville, been convicted of all counts at her second trial in the case — set to begin Dec. 1 — she would have had to serve 60 years because of Florida's minimum-mandatory sentencing rules when a firearm is involved.

During her first trial, the jury deliberated just 12 minutes before delivering a guilty verdict. Under Florida law, anyone who fires a gun during the commission of a felony is subject to a minimum of 20 years in prison, which was her original sentence. After serving 21 months, Alexander's conviction was overturned by an appeals court judge, who said the previous ruling had incorrectly placed the burden on Alexander to prove that she was abused by Gray.

At the first trial, her attorneys said the "stand your ground" law, best known in George Zimmerman's fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, was applicable in Alexander's case. The law says individuals have no duty to retreat from a place where they have a right to be and may use any level of force, including lethal, if they reasonably believe they face an imminent and immediate threat of serious bodily harm or death.

Those laws in around half of the 50 states came under renewed scrutiny in 2012 following the shooting of an unarmed Martin, a black teen, in a Sanford, Florida, town house complex by neighborhood watch volunteer Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic. While Zimmerman didn't invoke a part of the law as part of his defense, "stand your ground" language was included in the jury instructions at his trial last year. Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges.

In Alexander's case, after serving 1,030 days in jail, she was willing to accept 65 more in her plea deal.

"No one's doing cartwheels going back to jail, but this was her means of getting the case behind her," Zimet said.

According to Alexander, her estranged husband, Rico Gray, accused her of having an affair and questioned whether their 9-day-old baby was his. She says she locked herself in the bathroom until he broke through the door and shoved her to the floor. She says she tried to escape through the garage but the door wouldn't open. She retrieved a gun from a car, went back inside and says she fired a "warning shot" after Gray said he would kill her — an account backed by one of his sons. No one was injured.

The plea deal came soon after the judge in the case decided to allow evidence that Gray had abused women in the past.

Jackie Barnard, the spokeswoman for State Attorney Angela Corey, said no one ruling prompted a decision in this case.

"This case was handled like any other case in this office," said Barnard.

Alexander also will have to wear an electronic device to track her movements for two years, though she will be able to lead a fairly normal life, including taking her kids to school and shopping.

Alexander will be released Jan. 27. The state waived the minimum mandatory 20-year prison sentence under the deal.

The judge will still have the prerogative to sentence her to more time on the third charge, up to five years, which was aggravated assault on a child. Or he could also sentence her to time served.

http://news.yahoo.com/florida-warning-shot-case-ends-plea-deal-212701648.html

 

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Marissa Alexander should not be in jail for 20 years. She should not be in jail at all. The incompetent Trayvon Martin State prosecutor Angela Corey, totally fucked her. Some of you peeps shiting on Marissa just haven’t fully studied the facts of the case.



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Marissa Alexander released from jail

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Marissa Alexander, the Florida mother whose case became a rallying cry for anti-racism activists and survivors of domestic violence, was released today after three years of incarceration.

Alexander had faced up to 60 years behind bars for firing a single shot near her abusive husband, unable to convince a jury she had feared for her life. A hearing Tuesday confirmed the terms: Having pleaded guilty to assault in exchange for credit for time served, she will be subject to two years of electronic monitoring and house arrest, except for approved appointments and employment.

Circuit Court Judge James Daniel acknowledged that the case had drawn national attention but claimed his decision was “not based on any public opinion of any larger issue of public interest or social concern, but on the specific facts of the case.”

Alexander’s case has long sparked outrage about the unequal application of the law for both black Americans and women. Alexander was prosecuted by Angela Corey, who was also the prosecutor in the trial of George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the February 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin. Corey did not appear at Tuesday’s hearing.

“We are thrilled that Marissa will finally be reunited with her children, her family, and her community,” said Sumayya Coleman, co-lead of the Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign. “Today’s hearing revealed that Alexander intends to attend school to become a paralegal and she is a wonderful mother to her children who urgently need her. Amazingly, the State continued their campaign of punishment by trying to add two more years of probation.” But the state didn’t get its way.

In November, Alexander pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault with a weapon in exchange for credit for time served. A second trial had been planned for December, when Corey had planned to seek a 60-year sentence, triple the 20-year sentence Alexander got in her first trial.

The Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign and The Monument Quilt wrote on Facebook that “350 quilt squares containing stories from survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault will blanket the Duval County Courthouse lawn to let Jacksonville and the world know Marissa is NOT ALONE.” A fundraiser on Alexander’s behalf exceeded its goals, raising $58,297 from 1,122 backers on the site GoGetFunding.

“We have always believed that forcing Marissa to serve even one day in prison represents a profound and systemic attack on black women’s right to exist and all women’s right to self-defense,” the Free Marissa Now Mobilization Campaign said in a statement after Alexander’s plea deal.

The incident in question took place in 2010, nine days after Alexander, now 34, gave birth to a daughter. Alexander testified that her estranged husband, Rico Gray, had physically abused her several times and that on that day, he threatened to kill her. No one was injured, but a jury convicted her in about 12 minutes.

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/marissa-alexander-may-be-released

 

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Florida man could avoid charges in fatal shooting because of 'stand your ground' law




By Amir Vera, CNN
Tue July 24, 2018


(CNN)Florida's "stand your ground" law could save a man from prosecution after he fatally shot another man following a heated argument over a parking space at a convenience store.

The shooting took place Thursday after Britany Jacobs, 24, parked in a handicapped-accessible spot at the Circle A Food Store in Clearwater, according to a news release from the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff's detectives said Michael Drejka, 47, approached Jacobs while her boyfriend Markeis McGlockton, and the couple's 5-year-old son, Markeis Jr., went into the store. Drejka and Jacobs began arguing about her parking in the handicapped parking space.

Witnesses told police that McGlockton came outside, walked over to Drejka while he was arguing and "forcibly pushed" Drejka, causing him to fall.

"This is a violent push, this wasn't a shove, this wasn't just a tap," Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said during a Friday press conference.

In response, the news release stated, Drejka pulled out a handgun while he was on the ground and shot McGlockton in the chest.

"Witnesses say McGlockton walked back into the convenient store where he collapsed," the release stated. He was taken to a hospital where he died.

Drejka was cooperative with deputies, the release said. He had a valid Florida concealed weapons license, it added. The statement did not indicate whether Jacobs' car had a handicapped sticker.


Florida woman in 'stand your ground' case released


Sheriff Gualtieri said the only relevant issue is whether Drejka was in fear of further bodily harm from McGlockton.

"He felt, after being slammed to the ground, that the next thing was that he was going to be further attacked by McGlockton," Gualtieri said, adding that the time between Drejka hitting the ground and shooting was about four to five seconds.

Efforts by CNN over two days to contact Drejka were not successful.


A change in the law

The framework of Florida's 'stand your ground' law was changed this year, Gualtieri said. Before, the defendant/shooter used "stand your ground" as a defense and had to prove they were in fear of further body harm, the law now says the state attorney has to provide "clear and convincing evidence" that the defendant/shooter is not entitled to "stand your ground" immunities.

"Nowhere else is there anything like this in criminal law where somebody asserts something and the burden then shifts to the other person," Gualtieri said. "That's a very heavy standard and it puts the burden on the state."

Gualtieri said the case will go to the state attorney. Meanwhile, "Drejka will not be charged, will not be arrested by us ... either (the state attorney) will concur or not and if he concurs, there will be no arrest."


A spokeswoman for the Florida state attorney in Clearwater told CNN Monday that the office had not yet gotten the case from the sheriff's department but would investigate the shooting once the case is received.

In his remarks Friday, the sheriff added that while others can debate the law as it applies in this incident, "I just ask everybody to understand ... I don't make the law. But I will enforce the law and I will enforce it fairly as the legislature has directed that it be enforced. And under these circumstances, this fits within the framework that the Florida Legislature has crafted."




Task force meets to look at Florida's 'stand your ground' law




'It shouldn't be right'


But Jacobs, McGlockton's girlfriend, told CNN affiliate WFLA-TV she thought Drejka was wrong.

"It shouldn't be right because he came approaching me and all Markeis did was try to protect us and protect this family and it's wrong because he shot fire in front of my son," she said.

Gualtieri says there's no evidence that Drejka posed a threat to McGlockton's family, it was strictly a verbal argument, but McGlockton did engage in unlawful conduct when he pushed Drejka.

"Markeis wouldn't be dead if Markeis didn't slam this guy to the ground," Gualtieri said.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cn...a-stand-your-ground-fatal-shooting/index.html


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'Stand Your Ground' Law: Family of Florida Man
Shot and Killed Over Handicapped Parking Space
Asks State To Charge Shooter Protected By Law

Markeis McGlockton’s girlfried, Britany Jacobs, speaks at a press conference following a shooting that killed him. SCREENSHOT


Newsweek
By Jenni Fink
7/24/18


The family of Markeis McGlockton, who was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Circle A Food Store in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday, appealed to the state attorney to press charges against Michael Drejka, who was not arrested because of Florida’s “stand your ground” law.

The altercation began with an argument between McGlockton's girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, and Drejka over a handicapped parking space. When McGlockton confronted Drejka about what was going on, Drejka fired a fatal shot at McGlockton.

During a press conference on Tuesday, McGlockton's parents and Jacobs expressed their sorrow at his passing and praised him for being a dutiful father, loving son and boyfriend, and overall "just a good man."

"The loss of Markeis McGlockton is great. It's not just, 'Oh this is another black man that this has happened to,'" the family's attorney Michele Rayner said. "If you saw him you saw one of his children."

Rayner called on Florida State Attorney Bernie McCabe to "do the right thing" and file charges against Drejka, adding, "If not, they’re sanctioning a murder."

"Any kind of law that allows one man to kill another man and the man that pulled the trigger doesn't even get fingerprinted needs to stop," McGlockton's father, Michael, said.

Jacobs remained firm in her stance that her boyfriend was just trying to protect her and their two children who were in the car at the time of the shooting. Surveillance footage doesn't include the audio of the incident, but Jacobs said McGlockton warned Drejka when he came out of the store to "get away from my girl" before he pushed him.

About a month before the shooting, another man had a run in with Drejka over a handicapped parking spot, which resulted in Drejka threatening to shoot the man, according to Michael McGlockton.The man, Richard Kelly, confirmed the encounter during an interview with Bay News 9. Given that this wasn't the first time Drejka has been in an altercation of this kind, Michael McGlockton said he does believe the man was looking for a fight.

Right before the fatal shooting, Jacobs and Drejka got into an argument when she parked her car in a spot designated for a person who is handicapped without the proper permit. Surveillance footage showed 28-year-old McGlockton walk up to 47-year-old Drejka and push him to the ground.

While still on the ground, Drejka took out his firearm and shot McGlockton once in the chest, according to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. The 28-year-old staggered back inside the convenience store and was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Gualtieri said during a previous press conference that Drejka put his firearm in his car and waited for law enforcement to arrive. Drejka had a valid concealed weapons license and was deemed to be protected under the “stand your ground” law.

"He felt, after being slammed to the ground, that the next thing was that he was going to be further attacked by McGlockton," Gualtieri explained.

Gualtieri added that the law regarding “stand your ground,” is clear and the Florida legislature has set a “subjective” standard that puts Drejka’s decision to shoot quickly in a moment of fear for his life within the “bookends” of the law.

“The immunity that people are granted under the ‘stand your ground’ law is
- not just an immunity from being charged,
- not just an immunity from being convicted,
= but is an immunity from arrest,”
Gualtieri told reporters during the press conference.​

Grace Miranda and other supporters of Trayvon Martin gather for a rally in front of Florida Senator Marco Rubio's office to ask him to retract his support for Florida's so called, "Stand Your Ground" gun law following the Trayvon Martin killing on April 9, 2012, in Miami. On July 19, a man was shot and killed in Clearwater, Florida, and the alleged shooter is protected under the "Stand Your Ground" law. Joe Raedle/Getty Images



Gualtieri added that his office is prohibited from arresting Drejka under the law and if they violate that law, they’re civilly liable. If a state attorney were to press charges, Gualtieri explained that Drejka could charge the state with violating his “stand your ground” rights. Then the state attorney has to prove by “clear and convincing evidence” at a “stand your ground” hearing that Drejka is not entitled to immunity, which is “a very heavy standard.”

Rayner acknowledged that the sheriff is in a difficult situation because he could be opening himself up to a lawsuit, but she said the person who is in charge of enforcing the law, shouldn't be in that predicament.

If “stand your ground” wasn’t a law, Gualtieri said the case would likely have a different outcome because of the pause Drejka took between when he hit the ground and when he fired his gun.

“That pause gives me pause. That pause gives me some concern and it goes back to what I said when I opened, ‘Just because you can [shoot someone] doesn’t mean you should,’ but I don’t get to and we don’t get to substitute our judgment for Drejka’s judgment,” Gualtieri explained.

The case was turned over to the state attorney’s office, which will decide if charges will be brought against Drejka. McGlockton and Jacobs had three children together and their 5-year-old son was in the store with McGlockton at the time of the shooting.

Rayner also refuted Gualtieri's claim that McGlockton was shot in the chest and said during the press conference that he was shot in the side, which is proof that he was turning to walk away when he was shot. Rayner added that her clients want the process of charging Drejka to be done correctly so the appropriate charges are brought.


https://www.newsweek.com/stand-your-ground-law-family-man-shot-killed-charge-shooter-1040697


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