Don't minorities have families and homes they'd like to protect, too?
And statistically, BLACK people are victims of crime WAY more than any other racial group.
Shouldn't they be in full favor of such a law?
“And statistically, BLACK people are victims of crime WAY more than any other racial group. Shouldn’t they be in full favor of such a law?”
2 reasons:
1) They think SYG encourages whites to shoot them when they attack or break in. Then, SYG keeps the survivors from suing the home owner. This disrupts “spreading the wealth around”.
2) I doubt that many Blacks are disinterested in protecting themselves, or that they hold back depending on whether SYG would protect them. They just don’t want to be caught up in the “law”, due to our very real history of institutionalized racism. (Curiously, the GZ prosecution occured from Blacks USING the law to their advantage, not to seek justice). If nothing else, the Zimmerman trial has opened my eyes to prosecutorial and judicial misconduct at a scale and boldness I never would have believed possible. BdlR doesn’t seem new to calling fake experts and lying witneses. If this has gone on with high-priced lawyers, Defense funds, under extensive public scrutiny, imagine what happens to poor, unknown slubs of any race? (Answer - coerced plea deals, whether guilty or not).
My guess is that many Blacks feel that they or someone they know has been wrongfully questioned, detained, arrested and/or railroaded. But it is probably true in enough cases to add credibility to the self-serving fantasy that it happens every time.
Ironically, it appears that a Sybrina Fulton family member (I think her father but I am not sure) killed some guy who wouldn’t leave his apartment. He was convicted but later released on an appeal based on SYG! Sybrina doesn’t want this mentioned for some reason...