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Death. A hung jury on the murder charge. Reawakening many of the same feelings as the tray van martin case and prompting so many of the same questions. Not just about how the case was tried, but the Bigger Picture as well. About race and justice in florida, that other states around the country that share floridas stand your ground law. Even if that might not have been central hear. The question is whether a criminal Justice System that is colorblind on paper ends up being otherwise in practice to the point that young lives are lost. Did the law make it easier for michael dunn to pump three shots into jordan davis, and harder for the jury to reach a verdict. Martin savidge brings us up to da date. Reporter it started as a confrontation at a gas station and ended with a 17yearold shot to death. Michael dunn fired nine times into davis suv even as it sped away. He then drove off ....
Are laws that are color blind on paper less so in practice. Well explore the interplay between law, race, and justice tonight. Martin savage joins us with more on the verdict and the fallout and what florida plans to do next. You have been following this case from the beginning. For all of the people who have come in over the weekend, explain the highlights of what happened here. Well, it began with jordan davis and three of his friends were in an suv at a gas station and they are listening to music and everyone agrees it is loud. And michael dunn and his fiance pull in and he claims he approaches the boys and says can you turn it down . Thats when he says that jordan davis became abusive and began to threaten him and dunn saw the bail of a shotgun from the back of the suv. He was terrified and he had a gun. Heres his testimony at trial. Whats going through your mind when he said this [ bleep ] is going down now . What went through my mind is that this was a clear and present danger an ....
Florida and so many other states, including stand your ground. Are laws that are color blind on paper less so in practice. Well explore the interplay between law, race, and justice tonight. Martin savage joins us with more on the verdict and the fallout and what florida plans to do next. You have been following this case from the beginning. For all of the people who have come in over the weekend, explain the highlights of what happened here. Well, it began with jordan davis and three of his friends were in an suv at a gas station and they are listening to music and everyone agrees it is loud. And michael dunn and his fiance pull in and he claims he approaches the boys and says can you turn it down . Thats when he says that jordan davis became abusive and began to threaten him and dunn saw the bail of a shotgun from the back of the suv. He was terrified and he had a gun. Heres his testimony at trial. Whats going through your mind when he said this [ bleep ] is going down now . What went ....