FL official has a new application of "Stand Your Ground"

[Skidmore]

Words are important and how you use them are too. And some words ought not to be uttered by anyone for any reason at any time.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/09/fl-official-says-he-was-protecting-himself-when-he-shouted-n-word-at-publix-shoppers/

FL official says he was ‘protecting’ himself when he shouted n-word at Publix shoppers
By David Edwards
Monday, June 9, 2014 14:16 EDT



A Florida city commissioner apologized over the weekend for shouting the n-word at a woman in a grocery store parking lot, but said that he did it because he felt threatened by passengers in her car.

In a police report obtained by WTVJ, a woman asserted that Wilton Manors Commissioner Ted Galatis “began calling her and her passengers ’N*ggers’” in a Publix parking lot on Sunday. The driver told police that Galatis should not be allowed to “get away with it.”

Galatis admitted to WTVJ that he “may have” used the n-word, but it was while he was “protecting myself from the immediate threat.”

“I apologize for my use of the ’N’ word. It is something I never say,” a statement from Galatis said. “I offer no excuse, other than it was uttered when I was being threatened in front of my own home.”...more

[GeorgeGist]

1. He lives at Publix?

[Skidmore]

3. I noticed that too.

I don't believe a word of his story. He could have called the police if he felt that threatened.

[NightWatcher]

2. if they weren't violent, they will be after you shout that

The commissioner lives at Publix? I can see its advantages...

[arcane1]

4. He felt "threatened" by a car full of black people, and THAT is how he sought "protection"???

Wouldn't that be the LAST thing any sane person would do??

Or, is it more likely that this whole "protection" nonsense is just the new face of racism? Black people are inherently scary, so we can do anything to them and it is automatically self-defense

[Skidmore]

5. That is how it appears to be to me as well.

[Contrary1]

6. “I apologize for my use of the ’N’ word. It is something I never say."

Well, alrighty then.

[steve2470]

7. racist fool nt