Artist John Sims, who was asleep when officers entered his apartment, says, “I could have easily been shot and killed that night. … Now what if I was armed legally and fired on the intruders not knowing if they were police? Would this ‘stand-your-ground’ law apply to me? … And more importantly, why are Black people consistently profiled to be a suspect, an intruder, a thief, in the wrong place, assumed to be guilty first?” – The Post and Courier (South Carolina)