mcmichael now claims self-defense, which leads us to a point many are making now, the double standard with self-defense in america. the numbers speak volumes as new york magazine reports, if america permissive self-defense and abundant guns open a zone of killing, the precise borders of the rotator are shaped by white supremacy. in a 2013 study of u.s. homicides, the urban institute found that killings involving a white perpetrator and a black victim are 281% more likely to be ruled justified than cases with a white perpetrator and white victim. joining us now, judy brown, former mayor of stockton, california, michael tubs, and civil rights attorney kristin gibson. new reporting digs into societal bias when it comes to self-defense. it reads, quote, the reasonable fear standard for self-defense has given rise to concerns that
new york magazine reports, if america permissive self-defense and abundant guns open a zone of killing, the precise borders of the rotator are shaped by white supremacy. in a 2013 study of u.s. homicides, the urban institute found that killings involving a white perpetrator and a black victim are 281% more likely to be ruled justified than kwasz a white perpetrator and white victim. joining us now, judy brown, former mayor of stockton, california, michael tubs, and civil rights attorney kristin gibson. new reporting digs into societal bias when it comes to self-defense. it reads, quote, the reasonable fear standard for self-defense has given rise to concerns that it is affected by the same racial bias that permeates the justice system. a mountain of social science research shows that black people, men in particular, more likely to be seen as threatening. how does this highlight the