Black Floridians disproportionately benefit from Stand Your Ground

[ironyoshi]

I honestly didn't expect that to be the case.


http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/16/bl...rtionate-rate/

Black Floridians have made about a third of the state’s total “Stand Your Ground” claims in homicide cases, a rate nearly double the black percentage of Florida’s population. The majority of those claims have been successful, a success rate that exceeds that for Florida whites.

This does come from the Daily Caller, which a few members may take exception to, but they didn't compile the data themselves:

But approximately one third of Florida “Stand Your Ground” claims in fatal cases have been made by black defendants, and they have used the defense successfully 55 percent of the time, at the same rate as the population at large and at a higher rate than white defendants, according to a Daily Caller analysis of a database maintained by the Tampa Bay Times. Additionally, the majority of victims in Florida “Stand Your Ground” cases have been white.

I haven't had time to take a good look at the integrity of their analysis, but it's a simple calculation that seems to hold up.