/tags/stand-your-ground Stand Your Ground en-US SAčúŒÊŽ«Ä± Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-12-05/floridas-new-open-carry-ruling-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers Twenty years ago, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush signed the first “stand your ground” law, calling it a “good, common-sense, anti-crime issue.” A historian makes a case as to why this police, open carry and permitless carry raises security concerns in Florida. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2025-12-05/floridas-new-open-carry-ruling-combines-with-stand-your-ground-to-create-new-freedoms-and-new-dangers The Conversation /law-justice/2023-06-07/a-feud-in-central-florida-ends-with-a-black-mom-dead-and-her-white-neighbor-arrested The Marion County Sheriff’s Office says a white Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her Black neighbor last week has been arrested. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 17:01:56 GMT /law-justice/2023-06-07/a-feud-in-central-florida-ends-with-a-black-mom-dead-and-her-white-neighbor-arrested Curt Anderson | Associated Press, Freida Frisaro | Associated Press /2022-04-27/lawyers-say-sheriffs-remark-about-shooting-home-intruders-was-wildly-irresponsible Santa Rosa, Florida, Sheriff Bob Johnson says homeowners should take shooting lessons so they can ultimately "save the taxpayers money." Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:54:09 GMT /2022-04-27/lawyers-say-sheriffs-remark-about-shooting-home-intruders-was-wildly-irresponsible Matthew S. Schwartz /2022-02-28/trayvon-martins-legacy-russias-growing-influence-latin-americas-abortion-rights-movement Trayvon Martin’s image came to symbolize injustice for a generation. Russia increases its political influence in Latin America. Plus, Latin America's abortion rights movement contrasts against U.S. abortion restrictions. Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:09:17 GMT /2022-02-28/trayvon-martins-legacy-russias-growing-influence-latin-americas-abortion-rights-movement Natu Tweh /news/2022-02-24/a-decade-after-trayvon-martins-killing-floridas-stand-your-ground-law-still-faces-scrutiny Since becoming law back in 2005, the Florida statute has remained relatively unchanged despite high-profile cases and calls to scale back and even repeal the measure that offers shooters broad legal protections in the name of self defense. Thu, 24 Feb 2022 19:20:56 GMT /news/2022-02-24/a-decade-after-trayvon-martins-killing-floridas-stand-your-ground-law-still-faces-scrutiny Brendan Byrne /news/2022-02-23/after-10-years-young-activists-remember-trayvon-martins-killing-like-it-was-yesterday Trayvon Martin’s death 10 years ago impacted the world and changed the lives of many. Orlando activist Miles Mulrain Jr. and Angela Herrera, who helped organize Orlando’s 2020 protests over Wed, 23 Feb 2022 13:59:30 GMT /news/2022-02-23/after-10-years-young-activists-remember-trayvon-martins-killing-like-it-was-yesterday Talia Blake /2019-08-19/stand-your-ground-trial-begins-in-florida-a-year-after-unarmed-black-man-is-killed Michael Drejka who is white, says he feared for his life after Markeis McGlockton, who is black, pushed him to the ground in a dispute over a handicapped-accessible parking space in 2018. Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:26:10 GMT /2019-08-19/stand-your-ground-trial-begins-in-florida-a-year-after-unarmed-black-man-is-killed Brakkton Booker /2018-12-17/august-trial-set-for-fatal-stand-your-ground-shooting A trial date has been set in the case of a white man accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black man in a parking lot dispute near Clearwater. The... Mon, 17 Dec 2018 13:32:54 GMT /2018-12-17/august-trial-set-for-fatal-stand-your-ground-shooting Associated Press, Associated Press /2018-12-14/police-cleared-to-use-stand-your-ground-defense Siding with a Broward County sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that law-enforcement... Fri, 14 Dec 2018 13:14:06 GMT /2018-12-14/police-cleared-to-use-stand-your-ground-defense Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida /news/2018-10-31/floridas-stand-your-ground-law-is-unconstitutional-miamis-top-prosecutor-tells-high-court A South Florida organization of prosecutors that includes Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle is telling the Florida Supreme Court that
 Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:03:21 GMT /news/2018-10-31/floridas-stand-your-ground-law-is-unconstitutional-miamis-top-prosecutor-tells-high-court David Ovalle