I'm sure firefighters go around sprinting 1.5 miles before donning their gear and heading inside a burning building.

While I struggle a lot with stories like this, I also want to point out that there are situations where different physical standards make sense. Sure, a woman can probably do fewer pushups or pullups than a man, but can she do more squats? If the practical physical applications of strength are the same regardless of…

Part of your argument seems a bit beside the point; it doesn't really matter in this case whether or not the standard seems easy or too easy to you. A counter argument to your lack of effort point would be that since it is such an easy goal to achieve, and from what we hear, this is the only test she's failing it's…

Hi, to put it in perspective, I run marathons at about a 10:30 pace. At my fastest I could run 1.5 miles in maybe 13 minutes. My stamina is incredible, my speed may not be.

Ahhh, the New York Post. Supporting my civil servant father's fucking "minorities and women succeed only because of 'political correctness'" theories since forever. How perfectly infuriating.

I wouldn't go that far. People don't get shot in Australia as much (because gun laws, for starters) but look into Aboriginal deaths in custody, why don't you?

I feel like as an Australian I should remind you about our abhorrent laws against asylum seekers which both main political parties pushed in the last election. Our 'casual racism' results in the death of boat people all the time. We have no moral high ground, our racism is just disguised as policy.

(White lady here)
When I was a kid in Texas, my father, a pastor, told me something a Black fellow pastor had taught her own teen sons who were starting to drive. Apparently she had taught them this: you must do everything you can to avoid ever being stopped by a cop. Because a cop might kill you.

I can already hear the chorus of white people: "We don't know what really happened. No one knows the circumstances. Everything is just speculation. Don't go crying race when you don't know the details!"

Well, why was she out driving her car so late?! (said every piece of shit ever).

1) Here's to hoping that the Stand Your Ground Insanity gets thrown out over this? (I'm not hopeful, and it doesn't make things any better for Renisha and her family, but there is no valid excuse for this crap...ever, might all well try to do some good here.)

The same type of person who apparently believes that an assailant/theif's most likely course of action at 2:30 in the morning is to knock on the door to wake up the residents before committing their crime. Because #logic

"Think before you shoot."

Hey! Fellow white lady here. If my car breaks down in a mostly white neighborhood, I generally don't have to worry about getting shot in the head because I look like the homeowner's idea of a threat.

Spinks said the young woman was shot in the back of the head as she turned to walk off the porch of the home where she sought assistance.

If you are black...

Yup. Racism kills. Literally.

Seriously, if you're scared or suspicious, call the police! Even if the woman is a trick to get you to open the door or something, the police are who you want around to deal with that. And if not, they can help the poor lady out, since you won't.

I can't believe that's a law in so many U.S. states... and then I think of course it's law in so many U.S. states. Right wing Americans have no problem pointing at other countries, calling their laws barbaric, but this is BARBARIC.

JFC, what is wrong with people? Why does it occur to anyone to shoot someone knocking at their door???