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More than 1,000 people attended Owens' memorial service in Ocala, Florida, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, who delivered the eulogy...
The bill was pushed through the GOP-led legislature, and Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed it into law this week.
Marc Wilson, charged with murder, will use a stand your ground defense in the case that centers on alleged chase…
In 2005, Florida became the first state to pass a "stand your ground" law, which allows citizens to use deadly…
The death of 17-year-old Cedric Lofton in a juvenile center prompted Kansas state lawmakers to consider revisiting its stand your…
Lucy McBath honors son Jordan Davis with a letter on the 8th anniversary of his death. McBath joined Congress after…
Gov. DeSantis' proposal in Florida is in response to police brutality protests that took place this summer after George Floyd's…
Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly was wounded in the leg by Kenneth Walker in the raid that resulted in the death of…
A Miami-Dade judge has determined that a man charged and jailed for murdering his girlfriend’s alleged rapist acted in self-defense.
The unidentified homeowner who fatally shot three teenage boys as a result of a botched robbery, has been left "crushed" by…
A Detroit activist forced to give birth in jail last year has finally had her gun charge convictions reversed, after…
Michael Drejka, who gunned down a Black man, Markeis McGlockton, just mere seconds after getting shoved during a confrontation over
Attorney Ben Crump says that last week's conviction of a Florida police officer in the 2015 shooting death of Corey…
Arkansas Sen. Stephanie Flowers, a Democrat from Pine Bluff, set her white colleagues straight about the racial diffrences with Stand…
The Supreme Court of Florida recently determined that police officers have the same rights as civilians to justify using deadly…
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle believes the latest version of the state’s "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law is unconstitutional.
Witnesses said after Michael Drejka shot down Markeis McGlockton last July outside a convenience store in Florida, he seemed proud
Michael Drejka says he was justified in the shooting death of Markeis McGlockton in a Clearwater, Florida parking lot, despite…
The white man who deputies say fatally shot a Black man in a parking lot, and claimed the 'Stand Your…
Jacqueline Dixon contends that her 44-year-old estranged husband Carl Omar Dixon charged at her in her driveway so she shot her spouse with a…