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Black man who used 'stand your ground' defense in fatal shooting gets 10 years in prison

William “Marc” Wilson, who was recently convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a shooting that he says was in self-defense against a racist attack on a Georgia highway, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison – the most time allowed under state law. His family and lawyers say the case reveals a racial double standard for “stand your ground” laws.

“If you put me in Marc’s shoes, there’s no way that I would've been prosecuted,” Wilson’s cousin, Chance Pridgen, who is white, told Yahoo News. “Odds are I would've been given a medal — probably gotten a parade in my name. It’s unreal how he was treated just because he’s a little bit more tan than I am.”



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Georgia was always been racist state. Even black actors such as Eddie Griffin, Chris Tucker, and Morgan Freeman grew up in that state.



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Black man who used 'stand your ground' defense in fatal shooting gets 10 years in prison

William “Marc” Wilson, who was recently convicted of involuntary manslaughter for a shooting that he says was in self-defense against a racist attack on a Georgia highway, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison – the most time allowed under state law. His family and lawyers say the case reveals a racial double standard for “stand your ground” laws.

“If you put me in Marc’s shoes, there’s no way that I would've been prosecuted,” Wilson’s cousin, Chance Pridgen, who is white, told Yahoo News. “Odds are I would've been given a medal — probably gotten a parade in my name. It’s unreal how he was treated just because he’s a little bit more tan than I am.”


I'm pretty sure they looked at all the evidence and this was not a "stand you ground" against racist attacks. And his idiot white cousin using the excuse of if it had been a white man, he would have got off and reward a medal is just an ignorant fool.

This is not about racism or anything... There was a white man that killed a black man in s dispute even though he claimed he only shot the black man because his life was in danger... he too used the "stand your ground" rule and he too was convicted.



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