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Stand Your Ground law

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Trayvon Martin: It’s about race and a lousy law

by Micheline Tusenius 28 March 20125 November 2012

Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager, was shot dead in Florida a month ago because of how he looked. Before being killed by a Hispanic self-appointed crime watch volunteer, Martin was described as “suspicious”. George Zimmerman was suspicious due to Martin’s skin colour, his wearing of a hoodie with the hood up (it was raining), […]

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