Another white man shoots a black kid story from Florida

Sure it is. Still doesn't make it a regular occurrence, or any kind of pattern.

African-American kids get shout by stray bullets in Chicago on a fairly regular basis. But, this case seems to bother you more, despite the rarity of the situation.

 

It doesn't bother me more than any other senseless act of violence. Perhaps it bothers you that it was brought up as a topic?

 

It's an appropriate topic. I just think you framed it poorly.

 

It is what it is Yankeefan, a scared white guy shooting an unarmed black teen claiming that he felt threatened.

 

Who says he's scared? Maybe he's just an angry racist.

 

Maybe he was just a white guy who felt like shooting the shit out of some black kids, who knows? The point is that can't and shouldn't be ignored is that it was a senseless act of violence. Throw the race card out of it. This ahole could've done the same thing to anyone who was at that gas station.

 

Who is ignoring it?

 

I would hope no one.

 

Why did it take this thread 17 posts to get to the point?

 

When I'm president, you can snort and smoke whatever you want.

However, testosterone will be a controlled substance.

 

Why would anyone care to count?

 

Stand your ground. Race.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/is-there-racial-bias-in-stand-your-ground-laws/

www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/races-complex-role/1233152

www.tampabay.com/stand-your-ground-law/fatal-cases

www.rippdemup.com/2012/06/so-you-say-stand-your-ground-is-inherently-racist-because-marissa-alexander-is-in-prison/