Stand Your Ground: As Florida Case Illustrates, A 33-State License to Kill
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA — To better understand the depraved heart of America’s racist justice system, take a moment to unbundle the “Stand Your Ground” statute that is the legal basis for a Florida sheriff’s announcement last week that he would not file criminal charges against a white vigilante who fatally shot an unarmed black man during a scuffle over a parking spot. Florida was the first of 33 states in the U.S.
