Shooting Black Teens in Florida? A God Given Right? Another tragedy in Florida

Dear Ernst,
It happened again. Last week, an unarmed African-American teenager was shot and killed in Florida by a person claiming self defense because he "felt threatened."
Seventeen-year-old Jordan Russell Davis and three of his friends were listening to music in their car parked outside a convenience store in Jacksonville, Florida. Michael Dunn pulled up next to them and asked the group of teens to turn down the music.
We don't know exactly what happened next. A confrontation ensued, and 45-year-old Dunn allegedly took out a gun and shot eight or nine times into the teenagers’ car. Dunn's attorney has claimed that the teenagers had a shotgun in the car, but Jacksonville police said no weapon was found in the car.
What we do know is that Jordan was shot and killed.
And we know that Dunn, who was arrested and charged with murder, has pled not guilty on the grounds that he acted in justifiable self-defense as defined by Florida’s controversial “Shoot First” law.
Everyday arguments should not turn into armed conflicts in which teenagers are killed -- and for which killers can go unpunished. Tell the Florida Legislature that the Shoot First law must be repealed or substantially reformed.
As Lt. Rob Schoonover of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said, Jordan’s friends admitted their music was loud, “but, I mean that’s not a reason for someone to open fire on them.”
Jordan was killed less than two weeks after the Florida Governor’s Task Force reviewing the state’s Shoot First law issued its report to the legislature. The Task Force ignored the dangerous effects of the law and recommended only minor changes to the statute.
If we let the Task Force’s recommendations stand as the final word, we’ll only see more senseless violence and more innocent teenagers shot to death.

Tell Florida legislators to make real reforms to the Shoot First law that will prevent needless deaths.
Let’s act now and make sure no one can use this dangerous law to escape responsibility for gunning people down.
Sincerely,
Ginny Simmons
Director, Second Chance Campaign

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Ernst said:

Another tragedy in Florida

This has got to stop.
What happened to leaving people alone and just get what you came for at the store?

Looks like it's okay to just pull a Gun and fire away at a car full.

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Trolling said:

Not saying this was right and I am no way racist but how come when a white guy kills a black guy, the news and everyone is all over it but when it's the other way, it gets lost in the archives?


I know this has been asked before but this happens all the time on all races, so calling racist so fast is just as bad. A guy shot another guy, nuff said because that's what happened.

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Trolling said:

Not saying this was right and I am no way racist but how come when a white guy kills a black guy, the news and everyone is all over it but when it's the other way, it gets lost in the archives?


I know this has been asked before but this happens all the time on all races, so calling racist so fast is just as bad. A guy shot another guy, nuff said because that's what happened.

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cannabineer said:

Witness the difficult seam between reason and culture. There is currently no way to report such things without giving the appearance of racism. The fact that there are millions of racists in America to this day (on each side of the several divides) permeates the topic. cn

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UncleBuck said:

if red1966 isn't around for a while, we all know why.

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Harrekin said:

Yep, keep implying it was a racial attack.

Predictable as ever Bucky-balls.

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UncleBuck said:

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Moses Mobetta said:

Regardless of motive , if one person is going to shoot another over loud music , running a red light or some other ridiculous reason I highly doubt that a law is going to prevent this type of thing . The logic involved in taking that kind of action demonstrates something about these individuals that to me doesn't seem they would stop and say "oh my theres a law against killing people over stupid shit and uh I better not shoot them ."

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Moses Mobetta said:

Regardless of motive , if one person is going to shoot another over loud music , running a red light or some other ridiculous reason I highly doubt that a law is going to prevent this type of thing . The logic involved in taking that kind of action demonstrates something about these individuals that to me doesn't seem they would stop and say "oh my theres a law against killing people over stupid shit and uh I better not shoot them ."

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