Allen West Slams Eric Holder on 'Stand Your Ground'

In the aftermath of the George Zimmerman decision, former Congressman Allen West is taking aim at U.S. Attorney General Eric Holders criticism of Floridas Stand Your Ground law. Despite losing his congressional seat in 2012, West, a favorite of the tea party movement, has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016.

In a sure case of foot in mouth disease, seems U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking in Florida, may want to study up on Stand Your Ground use in the Sunshine State, my home, West posted on Facebook on Thursday morning. Based on data maintained by Tampa Bay Times, approximately one-third of Florida Stand Your Ground claims in fatal cases have been made by black defendants, as a defense with a 55 percent success rate. Blacks used Stand Your Ground defenses at nearly twice the rate of their percentage of Florida's population (16.6 percent in 2012). As well, it seems the majority of victims in Florida Stand Your Ground cases have been white.

West ended his post with a direct shot at Holder.

Either Attorney General Holder is incompetent or ignorant, regardless, we all await his clarification, or correction, of his comments before the NAACP in Orlando, West wrote.