Stand Your Ground

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April 14, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Florida governor Rick Scott is expected to sign new 'warning shot' legislation that recently passed the State…
April 2, 2014
MSNBC - Marissa Alexander will learn next month whether she will be allowed to seek immunity under Florida’s 'Stand Your…
March 26, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Ron Davis, the father slain teenager Jordan Davis, gave heart-wrenching testimony Tuesday against the controversial Stand Your…
March 21, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A Florida woman who shot her mother and claimed "stand your ground" is awaiting a judge's ruling.
March 20, 2014
MSNBC - Defenders of Stand Your Ground laws and other efforts to expand gun rights have for years invoked female…
March 10, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - George Zimmerman was shaking hands, smiling and signing autographs at a central Florida gun show Saturday...
March 7, 2014
VIDEO - There are 42 states with Stand Your Ground laws on the books but on Thursday, South Carolina's Black…
February 26, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Martin says he hopes in time his son will be remembered for the young man he truly…
February 25, 2014
MSNBC - It’s been two years this week since 17-year-old high school student Trayvon Martin was shot to death in…
February 21, 2014
theGRIO VIDEO - Broadway's 'A Raisin in the Sun' cast members, Anika Noni Rose, Sean Patrick Thomas, and director Kenny…
February 18, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Phillip Agnew, the executive director of the Dream Defenders, joined MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes Monday…
February 18, 2014
MSNBC - Critics of Florida’s so-called Stand-Your-Ground law are using the recent verdict in the 'loud music' murder trial as…
February 16, 2014
OPINION - In far too many communities, we have given tacit approval to the murder of black boys..
February 16, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - George Zimmerman says he is now homeless and is struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder in a recent…
February 12, 2014
OPINION - The notion that Dunn acted out of fear is far-fetched. What is apparent, however, is that Dunn felt…
February 7, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Police officers testified Friday that a Georgia teen died almost immediately after a Florida man fired…
February 4, 2014
OPINION - Another unarmed black teen in Florida is shot to death by a gunman who claims his life was…
January 10, 2014
OPINION - Angela Corey clearly cares deeply about this case. But many people see Alexander as a victim of domestic…
January 9, 2014
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Prosecutors say Marissa Alexander violated her home detention by making short trips to places near her…
January 5, 2014
MSNBC - Dream Defenders executive director Phillip Agnew told host Melissa Harris-Perry on Saturday that the organization plans to focus…