If you are from the D.C. area you probably heard that one of the best rappers in D.C., “No Savage”, is in jail for firing shots at somebody at Tyson’s Corner. This combined with the shooting on U St. at Moechella, on Juneteenth, (the same weekend) and the string of mass shootings in America, made it easier to demonize “No Savage.” It makes it easy for people to point to him as the main cause of what is wrong with out inner cities and gun violence. Despite what one may think about him or his past, it is clear that if you look at all the facts, “No Savage” is innocent. Virginia has a “no retreat law” also known as the infamous “stand your ground law”
The altercation is on the internet. “No Savage” was approached by a group of men who have rapped about shooting him. They started taunting him, and recording him, and invading his space. They are clearly the aggressors.
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