Summary: Recently in Arkansas, there was a friendly prank war between a few teenagers. The prank's plan was to egg the car and get away safely. Unfortunately, this prank had an awful ending when the wrong car was attacked and the owner came out and started shooting. 48 year old Willie Noble, shot and killed 15 year old Adrian Broadway and was later convicted for 1st degree murder. But his lawyer is still convinced that he will be able to get off on based on Arkansas' s version of Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Analysis: There have been many cases in the media lately about young people, specifically young African American people, being victims of violence based on some sort of "stand your ground" law. I think it's time for that law to be appealed because though the intent of that law maybe good, the application of this law has done nothing but let people get away with murder and make the rest of America afraid.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/17/us/arkansas-prank-death/index.html?hpt=us_t4
I wrote about the too and I agree with you about the law 100%
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