by dream hampton

When 19-year-old Renisha McBride was shot in the face after knocking on a White man's door in suburban Detroit, I tweeted that her death would probably not mean as much to Black people as the then recent shooting of 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell. I doubted aloud if her murder would mean as much as Trayvon Martin's, for whom we'd united to demand justice. I tweeted that Black male bodies mean more to us than Black female bodies.

After a two week trial and less than 24 hours of deliberations, a jury has found Theodore Wafer guilty of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter and a felony firearm charge for his role in the murder of Renisha McBride.

In November 2013, 19-year-old Renisha McBride crashed her car and wandered onto Wafer's porch where her family contends she was looking for help. Through his locked screen door, Wafer shot McBride. An autopsy revealed the shot that killed McBridge was not at close range.