"Montanez is one of several suspects in Hillsborough County – and scores in...
“Montanez is one of several suspects in Hillsborough County – and scores in Florida – who have invoked the Stand Your Ground law after they shot or stabbed others when they said they felt they were in...
View ArticleFive years since Florida enacted "stand-your-ground" law, justifiable...
Five years since Florida enacted "stand-your-ground" law, justifiable homicides are up - Tampa Bay Times: Two men meet at a park one Sunday afternoon in September. One is playing basketball with his...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman and Florida's "Stand Your Ground" Law
The more research I do on Florida’s self-defense laws, the more convinced I become that the law is a huge fucking mess that blurs the lines between true self-defense and cold-blooded murder. It has...
View ArticleProsecute the killer of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin
Prosecute the killer of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin: learningtowin: “On February 26, my son Trayvon Martin was shot and killed as he walked to a family member’s home from a convenience store where he...
View Article17 year old Trayvon Martin/ Murdered by George Zimmerman's
tqbonner: I have seen several posts about 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, he was killed by a over zealous security guard who ignored instructions from the police not pursue or respond. I’m not going to go...
View Articleequalitopia: 100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder...
equalitopia: 100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder Their Gay Child @Homophobes, a Twitter account that retweets homophobes to expose their ignorance, published a collection of 100 horrifying...
View Article"Berry, 22, a popular running back, was with a group of other football...
“Berry, 22, a popular running back, was with a group of other football players when they first encountered Wyche outside a campus recreation center on March 25, 2010. Tensions between the pair had been...
View Article"Yesterday, a Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed Republican Debbie Lesko’s...
“Yesterday, a Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed Republican Debbie Lesko’s HB2625 by a vote of 6-2, which would allow an employer to request proof that a woman using insurance to buy birth control was...
View Article"Like any other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other...
““Like any other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law,” Santorum said. “And that is that English has to be the principal language. There are other states with more than...
View ArticleMortgage mess: Who really owns your mortgage? - 60 Minutes Overtime
Mortgage mess: Who really owns your mortgage? - 60 Minutes Overtime: This is a fascinating video about the mortgage crisis and how banks defrauded thousands of people with forged documents.
View Article"Banks don’t foreclose on people who pay their bills. Why do those that...
“Banks don’t foreclose on people who pay their bills. Why do those that choose not to pay for obligations benefit further? Foreclosure “victims” can stay in the house without making payments for 1-4...
View ArticleThe Kris Bliss tumblr: 14 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRAYVON MARTIN
The Kris Bliss tumblr: 14 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TRAYVON MARTIN: krisbliss: On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin
ladyofleisuredc: My child wears a hoodie- most days He never smiles when he’s walking- all the time He loves rap music He wears his pants past his waist line- all the time He’s taller than I am and...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin’s shooter had a domestic violence altercation in 2005
Trayvon Martin’s shooter had a domestic violence altercation in 2005
View ArticleGirlfriend: Trayvon Martin Was Followed (by CNN)
Girlfriend: Trayvon Martin Was Followed (by CNN)
View Article"In one study, researchers used computers to generate several faces that were...
“In one study, researchers used computers to generate several faces that were exactly the same except for the skin color — half were black and half were white. All respondents (yes, including black...
View ArticleAnderson Cooper: Did George Zimmerman use a racial slur? Why it's important -...
Anderson Cooper: Did George Zimmerman use a racial slur? Why it's important - National unsolved cases | Examiner.com: Frank Taaffe, a former neighborhood watch volunteer who knew Zimmerman, said had...
View Article"Second, this wasn’t Zimmerman’s first phone call like this. He has placed...
“Second, this wasn’t Zimmerman’s first phone call like this. He has placed other 911 calls, 46 over 10 years, in which he reported black people for hanging out and children for playing in the street.”...
View Article"Last, there’s just the sheer unlikelihood of a teenager afraid he was being...
“Last, there’s just the sheer unlikelihood of a teenager afraid he was being followed, and trying to walk away fast, suddenly turning and pouncing on a much bigger man. (Zimmerman weighed 100 pounds...
View ArticleFlorida’s Stand Your Ground law doesn’t prohibit that they arrest George...
Florida’s Stand Your Ground law doesn’t prohibit that they arrest George Zimmerman for killing Trayvon Martin. - Slate Magazine: But as Jeff Chase, a recent University of Connecticut law grad, pointed...
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