MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry said during an address at Cornell University this week that she hopes 17-year-old Trayvon Martin “whooped the s–t” out of gunman George Zimmerman during their fatal encounter in 2012.
via MSNBC host hopes Trayvon Martin ‘whooped the s–t out of George Zimmerman’ | WashingtonExaminer.com.
I swear they are either stupid of wishing more kids get shot for their own evil reasons.
Isn’t that why he got shit in the first place?
They don’t care how many are killed. The more blood they have to dance in the better.
Like many people, Harris-Perry is confused about “stand your ground.” SYG is a law that prevents the prosecution of people who use lethal force rather than retreating in what are otherwise legitimate self-defense cases. It is not invoked by defendants because it’s irrelevant at trial (because defendants can’t be accused of murder for failing to retreat). However, because SYG pertains only to actual cases of self-defense, by invoking it as a contributing factor in the death of TM, TM’s apologists are actually (if unwittingly) admitting that GZ was acting in self-defense and condemning TM for the actions that led to his demise, because SYG can only be a factor in cases of self-defense. SYG laws cannot and do not protect actual murderers.