When Toddlers Kill Selves with Guns in Florida, Guess Which Color Gun Owners Get Arrested?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

He was only arrested because he's black.

How's it going Marvin?

[decocker 7,198]

On their person, or in a locked container IMHO.

agreed.

[Teddy B 17,252]

On their person, or in a locked container IMHO.

agreed.

Wouldn't matter, the black guy would still be arrested.

[decocker 7,198]

Wouldn't matter, the black guy would still be arrested.

uh yeah, case in point.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Wouldn't matter, the black guy would still be arrested.

As he should be.

This is more fun when Marvin is around.

Edited February 6, 2015 by spookyturtle

[Teddy B 17,252]

uh yeah, case in point.

Glad you finally came around.

As he should be.

Damn right bro! Gotta keep the black man down!

[luckytxn 2,265]

Jurors are mainly white and it is easier to get a conviction if the defendant is black so the DA's who want a conviction to pad their stats will be more ready to file the charges if the defendants are black.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Jurors are mainly white and it is easier to get a conviction if the defendant is black so the DA's who want a conviction to pad their stats will be more ready to file the charges if the defendants are black.

Aren't the majority of defendants black anyway?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Aren't the majority of defendants black anyway?

Except in Vermont because everyone there is white.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Except in Vermont because everyone there is white.

Hence the extremely low crime rate. Vermont is the white mans Utopia.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Hence the extremely low crime rate. Vermont is the white mans Utopia.

No blacks + guns = safety

[Teddy B 17,252]

No blacks + guns = safety for whitey

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Uh oh, Marvin is here now. He just posted in the other thread.

[luckytxn 2,265]

Because the DA's will bring the charges against the black defendants and not the white usually as there is a better chance of getting a conviction. DA's need high conviction rates to get reelected. If they bring charges and fail to get convictions they look like failures. Blacks want more fairness they need to vote and get themselves on jury duty. Be part of the system and not whine about it.

Aren't the majority of defendants black anyway?

[Dakine10 5,452]

Of course it's the police who decide whether or not a charge is warranted. It's not as though they sit there weighing legal arguments, that happens in court.

The issue is the discretion the police have in charging someone with a crime and how that discretion is applied.

Agreed. In both cases, the weapons were found non secured. The charges should be based on that, in which case one would expect the charges to be similar.

The original location of the weapons is alleged. That's an area better left to the courts.