Black rage
In the
USA,
Black rage refers to the proposed, but unused, "
innovative defense" of the
Colin Ferguson mass murder trial. Ferguson's lawyers argued that he should not be held
criminally liable, for
actionss which broke the
law, because he was overcome with
rage at
society's
racist discrimination against
African-Americans. Ferguson rejected the advice of his lawyer and represented himself, arguing instead that he was completely innocent; Ferguson was found
guilty and
imprisoned.