If I,for example,ever find myself on a jury in a case in which a "hate crime" charge is involved I,rejecting the basic validity of all such laws,will vote "not guilty" on *that* charge....and I'll try to convince my fellow jurors to do likewise.
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There was a case in Detroit recently where I would have voted not guilty despite the fact that the ‘perp’ clearly stepped well over the line beyond our stand your ground law.
Tigh Croff came home from work to find 3 men breaking into his house for the 3rd time in a week. Croff gave chase and cornered one of them in an alley. The moron then chose to taunt Croff. Croff shot the man once in the chest and killed him.
There is no way in hell I would have ever voted to convict. Croff couldn’t go to work without his home being broken into. In my opinion he had every right to hunt down the scavenger who was threatening his livelihood.
BTW you didn’t hear about this one because there was no angle for the race baiters since Croff and his “victim” are both black.