CNN interview with Lucia Mcbath, the mother of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, gunned down as he sat in a friend’s SUV in November, 2012.
Stand Your Ground laws
Country Singer Wayne Mills Shot From Behind, Bar Owner Claims Self-Defense
“After coming from a George Jones Tribute concert on a Friday night in Nashville last year, ‘outlaw country’ music performer Wayne Mills headed over to the Pit & Barrel, a popular downtown Nashville music spot run by his friend Chris Ferrell, who shot him in the back of the head, and is claiming self-defense.”
▶ ‘Popcorn Killer’ Uses Stand Your Ground To Justify Theater Slaying
“The sheriff who’s investigating the fatal shooting of a moviegoer this week in Florida said the state’s “stand your ground” defense doesn’t apply in this case, but an attorney said it likely does.
“What most people don’t understand is, the law is not concerned with what started your argument; the law is not concerned about how petty it is,” attorney Stephen Romine told First Coast News. “The law is concerned about the acts between two people — the person who died and the person who did the shooting.”
Retired police captain Curtis Reeves was charged with second-degree murder after he shot 43-year-old Chad Oulson to death Monday afternoon because he refused to stop sending a text message to his 2-year-old daughter’s day care provider.
Reeves told investigators that he feared for his safety when he was struck in the face with an object that investigators determined was popcorn, but his attorney suggested may have been a more dangerous object.”* John Iadarola (TYT University), Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies) and Gina Grad (The Gina Grad Show) break it down.
*Read more here from Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/17…
Community Village‘s insight:
“The one guest says “punch him” and he’d be out by now”
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Stand your ground database Florida
The Trayvon Martin case has brought scrutiny to Florida’s stand your ground law. The Tampa Bay Times finds the self defense law has been invoked more than 200 times since 2005.
Community Village‘s insight:
Here’s a database of over 236 cases of Stand Your Ground in Florida.
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Mother In Stand Your Ground Movie, Son Is Victim Months Later
Imagine acting in a movie about a stand your ground case, and a few months later your own child is unjustifiably killed by someone claiming immunity under stand your ground law. That’s what happene…
Stand Your Ground Victims Across America
The movement to end stand your ground releases a new video with images of “stand your ground” victims.
Stand Your Ground Cases That Make Us Gawk
Not every case in which someone claims stand your ground laws ends in death or makes headlines. Here are a few you may have never heard of.
Trayvon Martin and the Nativity?
“What do baby Jesus and Trayvon Martin have in common? Violence. ”Jesus was born into a state of total vulnerability as an innocent unarmed child during a time of great violence much like Trayvon Martin… As a result, the original Christmas was a time of great grief and agony for many children and parents,” reads the sign posted near the artist John Zachary’s nativity scene.”
Trayvon Martin’s sweatshirt. Source CNN
Community Village‘s insight:
I had tweeted that Trayvon Martin is our contemporary Jesus. Trayvon’s blood stained sweatshirt in the form of a cross with the bullet hole through the heart area is a powerful symbol of the war on Black and Brown youth, which is sold to U.S. culture as “getting tough on crime” and waging a “war on drugs”.
Trayvon Martin is a powerful symbol of Black and Brown youth being seen as criminals; being seen as guilty and stalked or stopped-n-frisked wherever they stand and wherever they walk. At what pace can a Black or Brown youth walk and not been seen as guilty?
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Christmas Home Invasion Lands Homeowner In Jail For Murder
A zealous homeowner who was robbed inside his home on Christmas Day, then chased and gunned down the robber an hour later has been charged with murder.
Update on 14 Year Old Girl Mistaken As Burglar Killed By Stepfather
29 year-old 2nd Lt Daniel Meade has been identified as the man who shot and killed his 14 year-old step-daughter, mistaking her for a burglar. He is listed as an active-duty health service officer…