A Black man in Georgia was sentenced to 10 years for fatally shooting a 17-year-old after he says he was almost run off road by white teens in a truck yelling racial slurs.
Marc Wilson, 23, claimed self-defense under "stand your ground" laws but was given the maximum sentence.
28 states have "stand your ground" laws, which justify use of deadly force as self-defense.
They are used unequally:
▪️ White shooters 12x more likely ruled justified for killing Black people than the reverse
▪️ White shooters 281% more likely ruled justified if victim is Black
“I would like you to remember that #MarcWilson saved my life that night. I truly believe that if he didn’t do what he did, we would’ve both lost our life that night. Marc is not the reason Haley is not here.”
“Mason Glisson, Ashton Deloach, and Luke Conley have blood on their hands. They are the ones responsible for the death of Haley Hutcheson, not #MarcWilson.” #FreeMarc
The Bulloch Co. District Attorney’s Office, led by Daphne Totten, just committed a lynching. The jury returned a NOT GUILTY verdict on EVERY count of their indictment, yet somehow #MarcWilson is still convicted.
Sentencing and a vigorous appeal is before us and we need everyone to lean in now more than ever to help us bring him home.
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Judge Thompson will bring the jury in at 6:30pm to inquire whether they want to stay later into the evening or if they want to end for the night and start back again in the morning. #MarcWilson
There is a lack of transparency in the Marc Wilson case with live streaming of the proceedings not being available. The community deserves to be more informed of what’s going on in such an important case, and yet we’re not. #WhatAreTheyHiding