black rage defense

plural black rage defenses

1. informallawA defense of a crime committed by a black person on the grounds that the person was driven to temporary insanity as a result of other people's racial prejudice.

   Sixty-eight percent of polled blacks "found the black rage defense compelling," while, incredibly, so did 45 percent of the whites.

   1994, New York Magazine, volume 27, number 21, page 6

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   Black rage defenses are state-of-mind defenses. They are not only applicable in self-defense and insanity cases, but also may be used to negate the specific mental state required for a first-degree murder […]

   1999, Paul Harris, Black Rage Confronts the Law, page 184