Stand Your Ground Law

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(07-23-2018, 06:50 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I will say shame on the the publication that ok'd the story to find it relevant to point to the men's race; as I see it plays no bearing on the situation

Here are some new studies I'll admit I haven't fully read or vetted that present evidence that the race of the subjects in these situations has an effect on how things play out.  
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0144818818301194

http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/psp-pspi0000092.pdf

I also recall from my BA days (2003 or so, or maybe this was in grad school around 2005?) learning about a social psychology case where people of both races were flashed armed and unarmed pictures of both white and black males and given a limited time to select "shoot" or "not shoot."  In the case of black males participants of both races were quicker to "shoot" armed blacks, but also slower to "not shoot" unarmed blacks.  

I would love to say that race plays no role in how we perceive threat levels, but I just haven't seen enough to change my mind as of yet.