I've been observing/reading about incidents like this for a decade, and this is probably the LEAST controversial victim to support or the one IMO that takes about the least balls to speak out about- yet some are turning this into some controversial race-baiting thing? Give me a break. I'd hate to see what the anti-Obama zealots ( disclosure, I am not a fan, but that is due to actual policy/philosophical disagreements) if he ( or anyone in public for that matter) ever spoke out when an actual government employee gunned down an unarmed man/kid- which happens not too rarely. I can think of many incidents where, say cops for example, broke down the wrong door on a drug raid and killed someone or ransacked a neighbor's house and terrorized families ( usually shooting the family dog while it's running away) or otherwise maimed or killed innocent and often unarmed (though I would have to say when someone is breaking in your house you should have the right to be armed, especially if they are government agents who are too stupid to get the right address or were complicit in purposely attacking the wrong people) individuals- and you don't really hear anyone other than a few libertarian journalists.
Hell, Obama is still taking heat over the whole Skip Gates incident, where he correctly opined ( though perhaps he shouldn't have) about the cop who arrested a man for "breaking into" his own home, and the cop was clearly in the wrong legally and every other way, regardless/especially because of his reliance on making up a "catchall" bullshit charge to arrest someone.
It seems like there are 2 battling viewpoints/narratives at play here: 1. that blacks are likely criminal and somehow deserving of being deprived of life and liberty as a pre-emptive "defense", and that anyone supporting their natural human/civil rights is "playing the race card." or 2. That there's always some kind of racism at play and people in power are looking to target minorities and coverup any harm/foul play when something bad happens when the victim is black.
Neither is right, of course. However, I would say there is more evidence of the latter view, to an extent. Racism isn't everywhere, but there is a lot of unlawful force being used against innocent individuals in a variety of ways, and it seems like it's more accepted and more likely to be hidden if the victim is a minority- and in this case the ONLY reason you are hearing about it is because it was a private individual using his gun. part of that is because most ideologies lick boots and worship the state and its agents, and some ( usually supposedly "liberal") hate the 2nd Amend, and don't want private individuals to be able to shoot guns, but inexplicably if innocent 100 people were shot by cops tomorrow while walking down the street and it was all videotaped, would never question the nobleness of the murderers.
- a real limited government dude, not some pseudo-conservative race-baiter