Word: rage
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That is not to say that it is happy music; onefan likened Fat Day's songs to Hobbes' descriptionof life in the state of nature: nasty, bruits, andshort. "One theory is that Harvard made us angry,"Matt says of the intense rage that erupts out ofFat Day's music...
...handgun. Six died; 19 were wounded. At the time of his arrest, Ferguson had in his pockets notes voicing hatred of whites, Asians and "Uncle Tom Negroes." He had a long history of angry run-ins with whites. In an earlier incident, he yelled at his perceived enemies, "Black rage will get you!" Now "black rage" may become the defense in his trial this fall...
Ferguson's lawyers, famed criminal defense attorney William Kunstler and co- counsel Ronald Kuby, intend to shape an insanity plea using black rage. In a widely praised 1968 study titled Black Rage, African-American psychiatrists William Grier and Price Cobbs argued that racism forced blacks to make certain social adaptations, becoming mistrustful and suspicious of outsiders. That, say Ferguson's lawyers, combined with a mental disorder, triggered their client's attack -- and should mitigate whatever punishment is meted out to him. Says Kuby: "Being exposed to racist treatment over a long period of time drove Ferguson to violence." Critics...
Kunstler does not know yet whether he will be allowed to use testimony linking Ferguson's rage to the resulting violence. If the courts say yes, Kunstler has reason to hope for juror empathy. A National Law Journal survey of 800 people taken in March showed that 68% of blacks and 45% of whites felt that a "compelling" defense could be made of fury resulting from long-term racism...
...Black Rage: A novel defense for a mass murderer...