On Monday afternoon, the mother of Trayvon Martin spoke at Harvard Law to continue her fight against controversial self-defense laws, usually dubbed “kill-at-will.” Sybrina Fulton addressed a crowd with her attorney, Benjamin Crump, to discuss the “Stand-Your-Ground” laws that state “there is no duty to retreat (from) an attacker in any place in which one is lawfully present.” Sybrina […]
The woman who is serving 20 years behind bars for firing a warning shot to scare off her abusive husband may go home today. A Florida judge is expected to decide if Marissa Alexander will be released on bond as she awaits her new trial. Last month, the court ruled that the case will be […]
As supporters call for Dearborn, Michigan police to arrest the man who fatally shot 19-year-old Renisha McBride on Nov. 2, her autopsy is revealing more about the night she was killed. A medical examiner has determined that the teen was shot in the face, not at close range. She was allegedly slain by the homeowner […]
On Thursday, Florida lawmakers rejected a measure to repeal the Stand Your Ground self-defense law, but made the first steps to expand the law during an hour-long hearing. In the first move to change the legislation since the Dream Defenders took over the state house and demanded the repeal, The Florida House Subcommittee on Criminal […]
After much delay, Michael David Dunn will stand trial for shooting and killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis in December of 2012 following an argument at a Florida gas station. The trial will begin on February 3. If you recall, Jordan was killed just months after Trayvon Martin when Dunn shot into his friend’s vehicle at a gas station, annoyed […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is, once again, proving that he’s out of touch with reality…and in a big way. During yesterday’s Stand Your Ground Senate panel, the Tea Party favorite sat across from the mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis and argued that the Florida law that might allow Davis’ killer to go free […]
The Florida mothers of two unarmed teens killed last year gave moving testimony on Tuesday at a Senate panel that reviewed “Stand Your Ground” laws in different states. Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, was brought to tears at the panel, as she described the night her son was killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. […]
LAWD! Michael Dunn, the Florida man charged with shooting 17-year-old Jordan Davis after an argument over loud music, is currently awaiting trial and maintaining that he acted in self-defense but is attempting to get his voice heard through letter written in jail. In several of the letters Dunn rants and goes on about killing “thugs” so “they take the […]
If you didn’t know, the month of October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. And in addition to focusing on women and children, a national month-long writing campaign launched by the Chicago Taskforce on Violence Against Girls & Young Women, Emotional Justice Unplugged, and the Free Marisa Now Mobilization Campaign, is focusing on the importance of engaging men in an […]
Pregnant. Battered. Injunction out against her husband. A woman fires a warning shot as she faces a threat from him. She is at home. The shot is fired at the ceiling. It goes through a wall. It’s a warning shot. It hits no one, hurts no one. That was August 2010, Jacksonville, Florida, nine days […]
So this totally happened. On Wednesday night, the controversial animation show South Park took on two very controversial subjects — George Zimmerman and the Stand Your Ground law. In a bizarre mash-up of Brad Pitt’s World War Z and the shocking acquittal of the former neighborhood watchman, the show was a journey through Cartman’s dream […]
A change is finally coming. Thanks to petitions, protests and sit-ins staged at the governor’s office by the Dream Defenders, the controversial and dangerous “Stand Your Ground” law is about to get a makeover. On Tuesday, state lawmakers began the task of considering modifications to the law, which offers wide discretion in the use of deadly […]
