A Distinctly Local Case as Part of a National Trend

Wafer was [[https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2013/11/08/protesters-civil-rights-groups-seek-justice-after-detroit-area-man-kills-woman-on-his-porch/[not immediately investigated or charged] in Renisha's death. This was after Wafer gave conflicting reports to police about what happened that evening, claiming Renisha’s death was an accident. Wafer would later go on to testify that hehe was afraid the person on the porch was someone "from Detroit" attempting to break into his house . And while this case could be seen as one of a series of cases where a white man has killed an unarmed Black person and claimed self defense, particularly in states with [[https://everytownresearch.org/report/stand-your-ground-laws-are-a-license-to-kill/]["stand your ground" state][“stand your ground” (or “shoot first laws”)]], there is a specific history here that cannot be ignored. One of a longstanding discord between Dearborn Heights and the City of Detroit, and the workings of a segregationist-turned-maypr named Orville Hubbard.