Renisha McBride, a 19-year-old teenage girl was shot in the face by a 54-year-old man in his front porch in Detroit, Michigan, on the night of November 2nd, 2013. The lost teenager was seeking for help after having been involved in a car crash on the street nearby. The homeowner said he had feared a burglary, but civil rights leaders are demanding justice. Michigan is one of few US states with a “stand your ground law”, which allows the use of deadly force if a person feels their life is in danger. The case has attracted the attention of civil rights leader the Reverend Al Sharpton, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Michigan congressman John Conyers. This article is a clear example of the unsolved issue associated with  racism and discrimination. It boggles my mind that if the same incident were to happen except instead with a caucasian female, would the homeowner have reacted differently to the situation and as a result sparing the life that he would’ve took if it was a black woman?

The homeowner was charged with second degree murder and manslaughter.