#morality vs legality

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[femmewaypark]

Look up Hassan v. New York if you've got time. Talk about fucked up...and relevant.

[jamiemoon]

Our national collective expectation of equal justice is based on our feeling of morality—not legality. We want the morality of a situation to match the criminality. That is often not the result in our court system. Trayvon Martin had the right to be afraid, the right to fight a stranger who was armed and prepared to use deadly force against him. Trayvon Martin had a right to stand his ground. That is our moral position. Racial disparity in killings that are found justifiable demonstrates that black life is not as valued as white life in this country. That is our reality.

Christopher Darden, The Daily Beast