stand your ground
Judge James Daniel has decided to push Marissa Alexander’s bond hearing back to January 15, 2014. The hearing was to determine whether or not the…
The curious details surrounding the death of 19-year-old Detroit woman Renisha McBride continue to emerge in the days since her unfortunate passing. Now with an…
Drama ensued on the Marissa Alexander trial hearing when supporters tried to attend to show Marissa she has people who are behind her. Ten police…
Marissa Alexander has a trial date that is set for November 8th. While this is a small piece of good news, it’s still not the…
It seems Florida is making steps to change their controversial Stand Your Ground law which has been making headlines and causing outrage lately. The law…
‘Stand Your Grand’ Plea Failed Marissa Alexander With 20 Year Sentence, But Now She Gets A New Trial
Marissa Alexander , The Florida women was sentenced to 20 years in prison after discharging a gun into the ceiling of her Florida home, as a…
Satirical video website, “Funny Or Die,” poked some fun at the nation’s Stand Your Ground laws via a hilarious clip that took a stab at…
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has released a bone-chilling digital PSA reenacting the night that 17-year-old Travyon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman in…
Huong (pictured), a Miami-based artist, created a mural depicting George Zimmerman shooting slain teen Trayvon Martin, and it made its debut at Florida’s Capitol rotunda…
A group of student revolutionaries known as the Dream Defenders has occupied Florida’s Capitol building for the sixteenth day, refusing to leave until Gov. Rick…
The mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin told a National Urban League crowd in Philadelphia on Friday to use her tragedy to stop the same thing from happening to another child. Saying she blamed Florida’s “stand your ground” law for allowing her son’s killer to go free, Sybrina Fulton issued a call to action against […]
While most Dads will be celebrated by their appreciative sons, daughters, and wives this Sunday, this Father’s Day, Tracy Martin, the father of murdered Florida teen Trayvon Martin, will be celebrating his without Trayvon. Even in his grief, though, Martin has found the strength to send out a Father’s Day message, encouraging families who live […]