early on, when asked why they hadn't arrested Zimmerman, the police claimed that they had no grounds to do so based on SYG.
<> Florida State Rep. Dennis Baxley, "Stand Your Ground" sponsor: "[I]f <> you <> carefully read the statute, which most of the critics have not, and <> read <> the legislative analysis, there's nothing in this statute that <> authorizes <> you to pursue or confront other people. If anything, this law would <> have <> protected the victim in this case; it could have." <> http://www.npr.org/2012/03/26/149404276/op-ed-why-i-wrote-stand-your-ground-law <> <> Craig Sonner, George Zimmerman's attorney: "In my legal opinion, <> that's not <> really applicable to this case. The statute on 'stand your ground' is <> primarily when you're in your house." <> http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/24/justice/florida-teen-shooting <> <> Here's my question for other news-watchers: Has Florida's "Stand Your <> Ground" law ever been cited by anyone of consequence - Sanford police, <> Zimmerman himself, etc. - in his defense? Or is this a case of some <> lazy <> journalist pulling a story from the air, and other lazy journalists <> finding <> it less demanding to run with it than to do any actual reporting? <> <> -- <> "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure <> mægen <> lytlað." <> ___________________________________ <> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk <>
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