This is total BS, and unfortunately, totally not surprising.
Florida’s State Attorney is pursuing 60 years behind bars for Marissa Alexander, a Black woman who fired a “warning shot” in the direction of her estranged husband and his two kids.
In August 2010, Alexander’s husband allegedly read messages from her ex on her cell phone and got so enraged that he strangled her neck and threatened to kill her. She grabbed a gun from the garage, where she was stuck inside, and fired a “warning shot” into the air, near where his kids were standing. She did not injure or kill anyone yet she was unsuccessfully able to argue the Stand Your Ground law. An appeals court threw out the case and in November, Marissa was released on bond from her 20-year conviction. Now, State Attorney Angela Corey is seeking 60 years — three times the original sentence — as punishment.
Ms Alexander’s mistake was not murdering her husband in front of her children. But her bigger and more unforgivable mistake was being black. If anyone thinks that “stand your ground” is nothing but a hunting license that white Floridians can use to kill black Floridians, this proves them wrong.