Jordan Davis was shot to death in 2012, while sitting in his friend's car on the day after Thanksgiving. He was 17 and black. His killer, Michael Dunn, was 45 and white. While it was never disputed that Dunn fired the shots that took the teenager's life, it happened in Florida, the land of stand-your-ground laws—where "perceived threat" is a legitimate reason to engage.
Murders of black men and children have been covered more and more in recent years, but never have we had such personal exposure to both the anguish of the families and the showy, depressing criminal justice system as in the new documentary 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets.
