NAACP weighs in on what they say is a "Stand Your Ground" case against Jacksonville woman

[sarisataka]

“This is a clear case of domestic violence against Marissa,” branch President Isaiah Rumlin said Friday. “After looking into it and studying the case, this is a clear case of Stand Your Ground as it relates to what she had to do on the date that she did it.”

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-04-21/story/naacp-weighs-what-they-say-stand-your-ground-case-against-jacksonville-0#ixzz1shxmaAe1

Isn't there a certain irony going on here that the NAACP is invoking a "shoot first" law for the defense?

[gejohnston]

1. ironic yeah, but

from the best I can tell, I'm total agreement with them on this one.

[Clames]

2. I don't know if it's ironic...

...as I'm pretty sure they didn't blame the SYG law in the Martin case to begin with.

[sarisataka]

7. You are correct in that point

it was people speaking for the NAACP, not actual members. -my bad

Yet is this an SYG situation? For those who oppose SYG laws, should her conviction be upheld?

[rog]

3. 20 years for a shot ...

... into the ceiling??? I admit I don't know the first thing about this case, except that no one was killed or injured by the defendant.

If someone is trying to equate this with the Martin/Zimmerman case, that's a big difference. We have a dead young man here, dead for no reason.

.rog.

[gejohnston]

4. the problem could be a shot in the ceiling

instead of aiming for center mass.

[Clames]

5. Advocates for "warning" shots in...

...3...2...1.....




Nothing?

[shadowrider]

8. You don't understand

Warning shots were a good thing according to anti's up until a young lady in Alabama was hit by one. Now they're a bad thing.

I'm so confused

[ileus]

6. potato v potatoe

[slackmaster]

9. I don't believe she should be charged with a felony, but what she did was wrong

She needs some training, specifically in the legal and moral aspects of deadly force.

She should either have shot her assailant, or not displayed the weapon.