Originally Posted by
VictorV
Florida's Stand Your Ground Law doesn't apply to African Americans. While the entire Zimmerman trial was going on, what was ignored was a woman, in her house, fired warning shots at her abusive husband who had violated the protective order she had against him. She didn't kill him. She didn't WANT to kill him. She was in her house, defending herself. The judge refused to allow the defense to use Stand Your Ground even though her situation is the very textbook definition. She got sentenced to 20 years.