I heard Bratcher will avoid jail time, and accepted a plea bargain, which means that while he may have been innocent in regards to the shooting death of that burglar Bratcher still acknowledged that he was not totally innocent regarding other charges. Turns out Bratcher's cannabis growing operation was deemed illegal, which is what made authorities suspicious of him in the first place, and race did not appear to be a factor in him facing prosecution. One must also keep in mind that Oklahoma tends to be very conservative when it comes to recreational drug usage. Had Bratcher been caucasian, I suspect he would have gone through the same thing with the law.-
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I don't think anybody should get a pass for shooting through a closed door. I understand how scary it must be to have someone breaking down your door, but shooting through it is not the way to go. Better to take up a position a few feet back, let them break through and cross the threshold, THEN blow them away.

NOBODY likes injustice if they identify it as such; usually when they experience it instead of dishing it out.

Injustice and authoritarianism are part of the DNA of our 'civilization'. Until the authoritarian male dominated, fascist family structure stops being the, albeit often unfulfilled, ideal, it will push all other strata of civil organization to that end. The family and the individual character structure are the molecules and elemental building blocks of most societies for the last 6,000 years. Thus our history is might makes right, from the top down andthe bottom up.

Organize it's architecture any way you wish. The composition will always ultimately be authoritarian and fascist.

Even dictators are chosen. Most often it is because they offer the same kind of deal as the authoritarian father. Banded together under 'Godfathers' they offer protection and salvation, whether the 'kissing ring' is on the hand of a pope or a tin god in a pinstriped suit.

Justice isn't a thing of Nature but a human (male) contrivance; an ideal, like gods and devils on opposite ends of the scale, that is entirely whimsical and fictitious.

Will we the people permit injustice? To be continued.

Short answer?

No.

I will be shocked if this black guy gets a walk using a stand your ground defense. Doesn't he know that the defense is only designed for and applies only to white people who shoot colored people? That's just common knowledge in the white supremicist States Of America...

The way I see it, his big mistake was shooting through the closed door before the unknown aggressor got it open. I don't see race being a factor here. The jury will have to decide if he was within his rights under the law.

She brings up a very good point.

In Texas he would be within his rights to kill said intruder. In Oklahoma you have the right to defend your life, within reason. For cases like this it's the cops and or prosecutors discretion to press charges. Racism has little to nothing to do with the case, don't make mountains out of mole hills.

The only real flaw I see in Bratcher's defense is Hardwick was still on the other side of a locked door. If Hardwick had gotten the door open and was entering, he's fair game. Bratcher should have waited another minute or two until Hardwick was inside.

I've heard more than once that it is best to make sure the body falls inside the building/house to be sure. If Hardwick's corpse had been inside the business, stand your ground/castle doctrine wouldn't even be questioned.

But, it's going to be hard for Bratcher to convince the jury Hardwick was an immediate threat when he was still outside, and still on the other side of a locked door. And, the black pot grower thing is going to make it even harder.

He's in trouble, In Oklahoma

I thought a child named Trayvon had every right to defend himself against a white dude in FL pursuing him.
A jury in FL thought otherwise.

It’s Oklahoma. I doubt the rich old white men in power will let it go the way it should. The Black man will need to be very lucky with what judge he draws, and even then, there will be a smear campaign against the Black man.

Just imagine if a teenager named Jamal or Hussein decided to get some kicks blowing away some January 6 protesters. Even though they were armed with more than skateboards and defending the Capitol and congress seems a lot more important than an empty warehouse.

The ugly head of racism rears it's head.