Black Lives Matter: New Film on Jordan Davis Captures Family's Struggle to Convict White Vigilante
January 26, 2015
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as posted by the channelWe are broadcasting from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, where a new film takes on the subject of the growing nationwide protests over the killing of unarmed African Americans by examining one of the cases to make national headlines in recent yearsthe killing of 17yearold Jordan Davis. The film, "3 1/2 Minutes," tells the story of what happened on Nov. 23, 2012, when four teenagers pulled into a Florida gas station to buy gum and cigarettes. They were soon confronted by Michael Dunn, a middleaged white man who pulled in next to them in the parking lot. Dunn demanded the boys turn down the music they were playing, and became angry when they refused. He pulled his gun from his glove box and shot at their car 10 times, even as they tried to drive away from the danger. The shots rang out threeandahalf minutes after Dunn had arrived. In the hail of bullets, Jordan Davis was killed. After the shooting, Dunn fled the scene, went to a hotel with his girlfriend and ordered pizza. He never called the police. In the murder trial that followed, Davis' parents attended every day, knowing that the prior year, George Zimmerman the killer of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, also in Florida had successfully avoided being convicted. Both cases highlighted the state's problematic Stand Your Ground law. We spend the hour with Davis' mother, Lucia McBath, and father, Ron Davis, who have continued to fight for justice. We are also joined by the film's director, Marc Silver.
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