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FL: Police ignore 'stand your ground' defense, attorneys say
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After a shooting, law enforcement officers are ignoring an important provision in the state's "stand your ground" statute that requires them to determine if self-defense is applicable before they make an arrest, prominent defense attorneys say.
"If there's a confrontation and someone gets shot or hurt, the winner goes to jail. It doesn't matter about provocation. They're going to jail," said Bradenton attorney Charles M. Britt III, who says he has handled 50 "stand your ground" cases. "The statute says that before law enforcement can make an arrest, they have to determine that 'stand your ground' doesn't apply. It's right there in the statute, but I've never once seen them do it." |
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mickey
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| And they won't begin obeying the law until you start suing them for false arrest, and find a way to penetrate 'qualified immunity' so that it affects THEIR wallets. |
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