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**Lemur** · 03-29-2012, 18:29

rvg, in the recent Wisconsin case, the shooter was white and the unarmed person doing the dying was black. No media firestorm, no controversy. This confirms my suspicion that the vast majority of people who are disturbed by this case (myself included) are not particularly interested in the racial angle.

**Strike For The South** · 03-29-2012, 18:31

race isnt the biggest reason to be up in arms over the police bungeling of this case

Of course I'm sure they have some sympathy. Overweight white guy with a gun, seeing demons everywhere, itching to pull the trigger.

Describes the majority of cops

**rvg** · 03-29-2012, 18:33

Originally Posted by Lemur

rvg, in the recent Wisconsin case, the shooter was white and the unarmed person doing the dying was black. No media firestorm, no controversy. This confirms my suspicion that the vast majority of people who are disturbed by this case (myself included) are not particularly interested in the racial angle.

True, but in Wisconsin case the guy who got shot was on the other guy's property, no? I don't know if being under someone's porch qualifies as home invasion, but it certainly feels like it should. And people tend to be very understanding when it comes to shooting a potential home invader. As the Petit case showed, it's better not to take chances and shoot first and shoot to kill.

**Lemur** · 03-29-2012, 18:36

Originally Posted by rvg

True, but in Wisconsin case the guy who got shot was on the other guy's property, no?

Yes, but it was still a case of a white civilian shooting an unarmed black civilian. If the Martin case were an example of hysterical race-baiting and nothing more, as both PJ and Whacker seem to be arguing, there would be some sort of similar circus around it. And yet there is not. To my mind, this destroys their argument. The Martin case is disturbing for many reasons, and race is at most a sideshow.

**rvg** · 03-29-2012, 18:38

Originally Posted by Lemur

Yes, but it was still a case of a white civilian shooting an unarmed black civilian. If the Martin case were an example of hysterical race-baiting and nothing more, as both PJ and Whacker seem to be arguing, there would be some sort of similar circus around it. And yet there is not. To my mind, this destroys their argument. The Martin case is disturbing for many reasons, and race is at most a sideshow.

Ahh, I see. No, I think there's more to it than race baiting.