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Florida panel to weigh changes to ‘stand your ground’ self-defense law

After the George Zimmerman verdict triggered a summer of protests and a month-long sit-in at Florida’s Capitol, lawmakers this week will revisit the “stand your ground” law that rocketed to national prominence with the case. Opponents want the self-defense measure repealed, while supporters have said nothing needs to change in ...

Editorial: Stand your ground back on trial with Marissa Alexander

Marissa Alexander will get a second chance to convince a jury that she feared for her life when she fired a warning shot to scare her abusive husband and that Florida’s “stand your ground” law should keep her out of prison. The 1st District Court of Appeal overturned Ms. Alexander’s ...

Company offers insurance for gun owners with conceal carry permits

A company is offering insurance to defend a person if they're charged after shooting someone in self-defense. The company, CCW Safe, was created before the George Zimmerman trial but officials said business has skyrocketed since then. The company said if someone under his or her insurance ends up in court ...

Sanford PD recruiting puts applicants through the paces

Sanford's police department welcomed 10 new officers Tuesday. Eyewitness News was there to see how the hiring process works. Candidates took agility tests, written exams and did some live role playing. The behind-the-scenes glimpse, offered a better understanding of what it takes to serve and protect the city of Sanford. ...

Police respond to reported theft at George Zimmerman's residence

Lake Mary Police said they responded to a report of property theft from a home where George Zimmerman has been living, Thursday. According to police, the mother of George Zimmerman's wife, Shellie Zimmerman, owns the Lake Mary house and filed the complaint. Police said in the complaint she said that ...

‘Fringe Florida’ a rollicking tour of extreme lifestyles

Florida is directly south of Georgia, and we may want it to stay that way. I got out in 1978 and thought I was safe, but Lynn Waddell’s “Fringe Florida” has come up to get me. A first-rate freelance journalist — Waddell helped cover the George Zimmerman trial for The ...

Funeral director contradicts ME's report on man struck, killed by former DeLand officer

A funeral director who examined the body of a man who was struck and killed by a DeLand police officer in Volusia County said the victim's body showed obvious signs of trauma, which contradicts what the chief medical examiner said in his report. Police dashcam video released on earlier this ...

Editorial: Change much more than a comma in ‘stand your ground.’

In April, Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that a man who used an illegal firearm in a murder could use the “stand your ground” defense, even though the law supposedly doesn’t apply to someone engaged in “unlawful activity.” In this case, the unlawful activity was being a felon ...

Month-long sit-in over George Zimmerman verdict spurs FDLE to propose after-hours access restrictions at Capitol

The Dream Defenders, a group that held a month-long summer encampment outside the governor’s office, returned to Tallahassee on Monday and called a proposal to limit after-hours access to the Capitol a “ridiculous” stifling of the public’s right to free speech. However, the Hialeah-based group intends to remain focused on ...

Remembering the Alamo: Ted Cruz Stands His Ground

The interwoven dramas that will unfold in the Senate between now and the end of the fiscal year a week from today are 1) whether the federal government will be shut down over the Cruz effort to defund Obamacare, or 2) Cruz will be shut down by a bipartisan consensus that he is a menace to society.

Civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, shown recently in his Atlanta home, will celebrate his 92nd birthday in October. The oil painting behind him includes his image along with that of his friend, the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, and the first African-America president, Barack Obama. Its inscription says “to be a witness.”

Lowery prepared to mark a birthday as others celebrate his legacy

Two Sundays from now, the Rev. Joseph Lowery will gather with admirers and well-wishers to celebrate his 92nd birthday. To some, his age renders him just an old man, but nary a day passes when Lowery isn’t busy preaching and prodding America toward her best self. Still, he admits time ...

As 2016 looms, Clinton keeps up with supporters

Whether she runs for president or not in 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton is making sure she stays connected to important Democratic constituencies, from college students and black women to the gay and lesbian community. Clinton has spoken to a women's institute in Pennsylvania, a prominent black women's sorority in the ...

Todashev friend arrested, unrelated to marathon probe

KISSIMMEETodashev friend arrested, unrelated to marathon probe Authorities have arrested a friend of the Chechen man shot to death in his Orlando apartment by an FBI agent during questioning about a Boston Marathon bombing suspect.Ashurmamad Miraliev was booked into the Osceola County Jail and charged with tampering with a witness ...

(L to R) Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, Martin County Sheriff William Snyder, State Senator Chris Smith and State Senator David Simons discuss issues around Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. (Madeline Gray/The Palm Beach Post)

Forum Club panel: Supporters, opponents wrangle over sharpening “stand your ground”

A drafter of Florida’s 2005 “stand your ground” self-defense law defended it Thursday as common-sense protection for crime victims but also said he’s open to “improvements,” including language to bar a neighborhood watch volunteer from confronting a person suspected of improper or illegal activity. State Sen. David Simmons, R-Altamonte Springs, ...

Family of man run over in police chase releases dash cam video

The family of a man killed during a police chase in DeLand released video of the incident in Volusia County. Police dashcam video released on Wednesday shows then-DeLand Police Officer James Harris in hot pursuit, chasing Marlon Brown after Brown jumped from a car and took off on foot. The ...

Life after Zimmerman: News 96.5 sits down with Mark O'Mara

Casually dressed in an oxford shirt with blue jeans, the architect of the George Zimmerman defense tells News 96.5 his law office has received thousands of calls since the not guilty verdict was read. "We get a lot of calls from people who think that we can do for every ...

Family of man run over in police chase releases dash cam video

IRS official Lois Lerner arrives for a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, to investigate the extra scrutiny IRS gave to Tea Party and other conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. Lerner told the committee she did nothing wrong and then invoked her constitutional right to not answer lawmakers' questions. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

IRS scandal persists despite media attempts to ignore it

Lois Lerner e-mails tell us what journalists refuse to. It was only a few months ago that political reporters across the country started cheering that the IRS scandal had “fizzled,” a word that was used by so many of them it became obvious it was established as a media talking ...

Public Defender Carey Haughwout. (Lannis Waters/The Palm Beach Post.

Haughwout: Address core problem of racial inequalities, not ‘stand your ground’ wording

Repealing or changing Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law is a top priority — both as a matter of policy and 2014 politics — for many Democrats in the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin. But Democratic Palm Beach County Public Defender ...

Cerabino: Florida losing ground in the battle for gun-friendliest to Iowa, of all states

Florida has been outflanked by Iowa when it comes to permissive gun laws.I know. It sounds crazy that any state can be more gun happy than the “Gunshine State.”After all, we’re the state that tried to prohibit pediatricians from giving firearms safety warnings to new parents. We pioneered the shoot-em-up ...

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