[net-gold] CRIME AND CRIMINALS: MURDER HOMICIDE : GUNS AND GUN CONTROL : ORGANIZATIONS: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC) : UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : UNITED STATES: STATES: FLORIDA : LAW CASES: Michael Dunn Verdict: What it Says about Race in America Today (+Video)
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LAW CASES:
Michael Dunn Verdict: What it Says about Race in America Today (+Video)
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Michael Dunn Verdict: What it Says about Race in America Today (+Video)
By Brad Knickerbocker
February 16, 2014
Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2014/0216/
Michael-Dunn-verdict-What-it-says-about-race-in-America-today-video
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/pfx4tjg
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As the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin trial did last year, Saturdays
verdict in the Michael Dunn-Jordan Davis trial has brought deep
soul-searching about race in America.
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It was obvious that the jury - themselves reflective of American society
(four white women, two black women, four white men, an Asian woman and a
Hispanic man) - was struggling over the charges against Dunn.
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It took them 30 hours over a four-day period, during which time they sent
questions to Judge Russell Healey, to reach a verdict. And even then, they
could not agree on the most serious charge - first-degree murder in the
killing of 17 year-old Jordan Davis in November 2012.
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Still, as his lawyer acknowledged later, it is likely that the 47 year-old
Dunn will spend the rest of his life in prison. He was convicted of three
counts of attempted second-degree murder in firing 10 rounds from his 9
millimeter pistol at an SUV carrying Mr. Davis and three other teens. That
adds up to at least 60 years in prison.
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But the irony of the case - injustice, critics say - is that a mistrial
has been declared on the specific charge relating to the one person killed
in a dispute over a loud car stereo parked in front of a Jacksonville
convenience store that quickly escalated into argument, taunts, verbal
threats, and then gunfire. There's similarity here to the Trayvon Martin
case in which George Zimmerman was acquitted of charges of second-degree
murder and manslaughter.
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In letters he sent from jail while awaiting trial, Dunn (who is white)
voices a problem he seems to have regarding race, or at least black
culture and attitudes as he sees it.
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"This jail is full of blacks and they all act like thugs," he wrote. "This
may sound a bit radical but if more people would arm themselves and kill
these idiots when they're threatening you, eventually they may take the
hint and change their behavior. The more time I am exposed to these
people, the more prejudiced against them I become."
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In particular, he seemed outraged at what he called the "thug culture" of
rap music reflected in the way many young black men express themselves.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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David Dillard
Temple University
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