The United States Commission on Civil Rights is right to order an investigation into whether racial bias might be a factor in the rise in homicides connected to notorious Stand Your Ground laws. The shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in Florida has put into question how police enforce this kind of statute.
Read more in The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/opinion/when-self-defense-violates-civil-rights.html?src=rechp