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In reply to the discussion: Florida Man Uses Stand Your Ground Defense in Killing of Black Teen Over Loud Music [View all]Bazinga
(331 posts)If we're looking at all cases of self-defense in the south, then we're not talking about SYG anymore. Many of those cases will occur in DTR states. Many more, if not most, will be self-defense cases where SYG was not considered as a legal defense.
You are attempting, once again, to discount my specific results by over-generalizing them. If you ask a different question, you shouldn't be surprised that the answer is different.
What I have shown is that in SYG cases in Florida there is no statistically significant difference in the acquittal rates of black, white, or Hispanic defendants. That is the question I answered because that is the question that seems to be getting the greatest measure of emphasis recently.
What you have asserted is that there is a difference in the acquittal rates of whites and minorities in self-defense cases in the south. It would not surprise me if this were true, but if you have data with which I could test this assertion, I would be much more strongly inclined to accept it.