(July 18, 2013 at 4:10 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:(July 18, 2013 at 3:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Take the example of the woman who was sentenced to 20 years for firing a "warning shot." She was black.
That's not quite what happened in that case. She had a fight with her husband, decided to leave, and went into the garage. Then she discovered she forgot her keys, and before entering the house again to get her keys she fired a shot into the wall in the direction of where her children were. If she were in fear of her safety, she could have left the house and not gone back in. Her husband was not pursuing her or fighting with her when she fired the shot.
She could have taken a 3 year plea bargain but fought it and got 20 years. Is 20 years too harsh? Probably. But the entire media picked up the story and ran with the idea that she is a helpless battered wife who was just firing a warning shot to keep her abusive husband away and wrongly got 20 years in prison for it.
Again, ask yourself...honestly... if a white woman in Florida would have gotten the same treatment. Be honest.
