"stand your ground" & double standards. Time for White Americans To Wake the Hell Up! Protest outside the ALEC Headquarters in Washington DC, March 29, 2012, against ALEC, the NRA and "Stand Your Ground" laws. (Photo: LaDawna Howard / Flickr)The Michael Dunn trial has all but proven that it's legal in red "Stand Your Ground, Shoot First" states for a white man to kill a black man simply because he's afraid of black people.
And just a few months ago, the Supreme Court said that there's no longer any significant racial discrimination or animosity in America in its ruling on the Voting Rights Act. So, with that in mind, let's take a look at how things really are in America today when it comes to racial equality. In response to the Jordan Davis case and the Trayvon Martin case, the folks over at ColorOfChange.org have launched a new campaign titled "Black Lives Matter. " They're calling on Americans to, "Take action to help prevent the loss of another Trayvon or Jordan. " Nancy LeTourneau has compiled some of the tweets over at her Horizons blog. Cornel West Explains to Dr. Wilmer Leon Why He'll Never Stop Speaking Up for Black People. DN! Trial Begins in Case of Man Who Murdered Florida Teen Jordan Davis Over Loud Music. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We turn now to the tragic case of a Florida high school student named Jordan Davis, who was shot dead in 2012 on the day after Thanksgiving.
LUCIA McBATH: I appear here before you because my son Jordan was shot and killed last November while sitting in the back seat of a friend’s car listening to loud music. The man who killed him opened fire on four unarmed teenagers, even as they tried to move out of harm’s way. That man was empowered by the "Stand Your Ground" statute. I am here to tell you there was no ground to stand.
There was no threat. There was a vociferous argument about music, during which the accused, Michael Dunn, did not feel that he was treated with respect. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Those were the words of Lucia McBath, the mother of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, testifying before the Senate in October. Click here to support this global independent news hour today. CORY STROLLA: Jordan Davis threatened Michael Dunn. AMY GOODMAN: But he went over to them.
Mistrial on murder charge in Dunn trial. Michael Dunn was found guilty on three counts of second degree attempted murder on Saturday in the so-called “loud music” murder trial, as well as one charge of shooting into an occupied vehicle. But a deadlocked jury did not reach a verdict on one count of first degree murder, and a mistrial was declared on that charge. msnbc Live, 2/15/14, 8:15 PM ET Mistrial on murder charge in Dunn trial Jurors found Michael Dunn guilty on three charges of second degree attempted murder Saturday in the so-called “loud music” murder trial, as well as one… Dunn was accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis. Dunn, a software engineer who has a concealed weapons permit and no prior convictions, was waiting in his car while his fiancée was buying snacks inside the gas station convenience store when he got into a verbal fight with Davis and his friends.
“Our office, as always, is dedicated to seeking justice for our victims,” Corey told reporters. Davis’ 19th birthday would have been Sunday. Feb 14 Dr. Leon Presciption on Breaking the Set. Feb 14 Dr. Leon Presciption on Breaking the Set... I'm Scared That a White Person Will Shoot Me -- What If Black Men Shot First? February 19, 2014 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The Prisoner's Dilemma is one of the most written about and studied "games" in the social sciences. Stand Your Ground Laws, and the legal murder of young black people such as Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin by Michael Dunn and George Zimmerman, are a "real life" example of the Prisoner's Dilemma in action. Dunn and Zimmerman were not acting in an information vacuum: they had two important data points. In thinking through the Prisoner's Dilemma, there is an additional implication of the use of Stand Your Ground laws by white people (and those overly identified with Whiteness and White Authority).
Stand Your Ground laws have created a feedback loop of escalating violence. To point. There is a very limited issue space in the mainstream news media. White Supremacist “Analyst” on Cable News’ Coverage of Zimmerman & Dunn Trials | Political Research Associates. The trials of both Michael Dunn and George Zimmerman have brought national attention to Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law. Media coverage of the trials has also proven to be an enormous boon for certain white supremacists, who have managed to use mainstream news outlets as a platform for bigotry. Nowhere is this more evident—and disturbing—than in the case of Frank Taaffe. Taaffe (who is also a neighbor and close friend of Zimmerman) has established himself as the most visible and vocal supporter of both George Zimmerman and Michael Dunn in cable news network coverage of the trials.
Despite repeated revelations of Taaffe’s white supremacy activities, he continues to appear as a regular guest analyst on CNN’s HLN shows, including Nancy Grace’s coverage just this past week. His success in mainstreaming extremism should be a warning call. “Standing Our Ground” and The White Voice Network: Who is Frank Taaffe? Taaffe’s white supremacist “credentials” are extensive. US general criticised over photo-op with Afghan cop accused of human rights abuses. ‘I hate that thug music,’ white man told fiancée moments before gunning down black teen. By Travis GettysMonday, February 10, 2014 10:19 EDT A Florida woman testified Saturday that her fiancée, who is on trial for murder, used a racially charged word to complain about loud music before gunning down a black teen sitting in an SUV.
Michael Dunn fatally shot 17-year-old Jordan Davis in November 2012 during a dispute at a Jacksonville gas station, but the 47-year-old man claims the shooting was in self-defense. Dunn was charged with first-degree murder, and he was also charged with the attempted murders of three other people in the SUV with Davis the day after Thanksgiving. Rhonda Rouer testified that she and Dunn were on their way to a hotel after drinking rum and cokes at Dunn’s son’s wedding when they pulled into a convenience store parking lot, where they heard loud music coming from a Dodge Durango. “I hate that ‘thug’ music,” she recalled Dunn saying. Dunn fired at least 10 shots at the SUV with four teens inside, killing Davis.
She was not charged in the case. A TV Star Had To Explain Why A White Man Killing A Black Kid Is An American Problem, Not A Black One. Juror reveals why panel deadlocked on "loud music" murder charge. One of the jurors in the so-called “loud music” trial said the jury deadlocked on the charge of first-degree murder because three other jurors believed Michael Dunn had acted in self-defense. Juror #4, who was only identified by her first name, Valerie, told ABC News in an interview this week she believes that Dunn got away with murder, and the majority of other jurors wanted to convict Dunn on the murder charge in the shooting death of Jordan Davis. Dunn admits he shot and killed the 17-year-old Davis in the parking lot of a convenience store in Jacksonville, Fla., in November 2012 after a dispute over loud music coming from the SUV Davis was in .
Valerie and her fellow jurors found Dunn guilty on three charges of attempted second-degree murder Saturday for shots fired at the vehicle but could not escape deadlock on the primary charge of murder. “Folks don’t know the law. “A life was taken. PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton, 2/17/14, 7:21 PM ET 'Loud music' trial: Inside the courtroom Rev. Freelance Stop-and-Shoot. The murder of Jordan Davis—like that of Renisha McBride, Trayvon Martin and so many others—reflects a racist culture in which the black body is considered fair game. There is a moment in the film 12 Years a Slave when Solomon Northup understands the depth of the trouble he is in. Lying shackled in a pen after having been drugged, kidnapped and sold to slave traders, he wakes up to protest to his captors that he is a free man.
They demand to see his free papers. Just a few days earlier, he had thought carrying such papers unnecessary, even in a slave state. “I thought at the time, I must confess, that the papers were scarcely worth the cost of obtaining them,” he wrote in his memoir. “The apprehension of danger to my personal safety never having suggested itself to me in the remotest manner.” More than 150 years later, the status of free black men—and women in a different way, but to a parallel extent—is still precarious. But Dunn’s actions were no one-off. The verdicts matter. Arming the RIght Sort of People. Class Power & Lethal Force. Violence & The Media. CIA Timeline. Racist Justice.