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FL: Bradley trying again on Stand Your Ground
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State Sen. Rob Bradley doesn’t like Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, but not for the reasons many people might assume.
He doesn’t think it goes far enough.
“Stand Your Ground,” adopted in 2005, allows citizens to use deadly force in defense of their lives or property – instead of fleeing – even if they initiated the conflict with the other party. In 2015, a 5-2 Florida Supreme Court decision in Bretherick v. Florida found that people charged in “Stand Your Ground” shootings must prove in pre-trial proceedings that they are entitled to employ the immunity defense. |
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| Completely misrepresents the Zimmerman case, stating that Zimmerman 'confronted' Martin. It was Martin who confronted Zimmerman. Also states that Martin was 'unarmed'. With a firearm, perhaps, but he WAS armed with a concrete sidewalk. |
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