Tag: Stand Your Ground
Protestor says he had little choice when SUV rammed crowd
The attorneys for Jason Uphaus, the man arrested for falling on the hood of an SUV which tried to drive through a crowd of protesters…
‘Stand Your Ground’ measure fails in House
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA A National Rifle Association-backed measure that could have made it easier legally for people to claim self-defense…
Wild West Florida: Felons can use ‘Stand Your Ground’
An appeals court Wednesday said a convicted felon could use the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law to seek immunity from prosecution in the shooting…
After fiery debate, ‘Warning Shot’ bill passes House
By Margie Menzel, The News Service of Florida After a nearly two-hour debate that focused on Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law, the state House…
Weekend Buzz: Affordable apartments in the future of downtown Pcola, Scott bets on FSU, Stand Your Ground
Finally Affordable Apartments Downtown Quint and Rishy Studer purchased the downtown headquarters of the Pensacola News Journal and its surrounding parking lots for $3.4 million…
IN cover #6: We Are Trayvon
On a hot, sticky Saturday afternoon a small crowd of families and teenagers gathered on South Palafox Street. Within an hour, the crowd swelled to…
Are You Ready to Rumble? Stand Your Ground: El Baby Gaetz vs. The Unchained (see poster)
SaintPetersBlog.com is having fun with the proposed debate on Stand Your Ground between Rep. Matt Gaetz and executive director of the Dream Defenders, Phillip Agnew….
Matt Gaetz to hold hearings on Stand Your Ground
Will Weatherford, the Republican speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives, said on Friday that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fort Walton Beach), chair of the House’s Criminal…
Florida House Democratic Caucus calls for special session on Stand Your Ground
The Honorable Ken Detzner Florida Secretary of State Florida Department of State R.A. Gray Building 500 South Bronough Street Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0250 Dear Secretary Detzner:…
