In all fairness, if an honest black citizen is attacked by a criminal white citizen, with criminal purpose, I am entirely happy that the black citizen defend themselves, and if this rises to the level of lethal force, there should be no difference in how the event is treated before the law. That is, full exoneration for the honest black citizen.
However, I can we imagine that if statistics hold true, honest black citizens will be using lethal force in defending themselves against criminal black citizens in a much higher ratio.
“A United States Department of Justice report which surveyed homicide statistics between 1974 and 2004 stated that of the crimes surveyed, 52.2% of the offenders were Black, 45.8% were White, and 2% were Other Races. The report further stated that “most murders are intraracial” with 86% of White murders committed by Whites, and 94% of Black murders committed by Blacks.”
This being said, professor Ogletree should support the notion that honest black citizens should vigorously profile young black men as being the most likely threat to their well being.
Of course...they key is who's the agressor and who's the law abiding citizen.The honest citizen gets to defend him/herself regardless of race.The aggressor gets what for...regardless of race.