Note: Title has been updated.
The Orlando Sentinel newspaper today...
How Zimmerman Myth Became Academic Truth
Well, this is interesting.
I came across the University of Miami Law School Summer 2014 edition of their law review, and noted that it had a particular focus on Stand-Your-Ground.
Awesome! I dug right into the Foreword, “Stand Your Ground” in Context: Race, Gender, and Politics,” by University of Miami School of Law Professor Donna Coker.
As...
George Zimmerman not expected to face civil rights charges
The Washington Post reported yesterday that “The Justice Department is not expected to bring civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.”
The reasons why appear in the 10th paragraph of the story:
Mark O’Mara, the lawyer who represented Zimmerman, said that approximately 40 witness statements collected...
Law School course: “historical trajectory of Trayvon Martin case”
A JD student at the University of Miami School of Law–and a long-time fan of “The Law of Self Defense”–contacted me recently to share a notice he’d received from the school. It seems for the Fall 2014 semester they will be offering a “short course” (good for one credit) with a...
Misleading Initial Narrative of Zimmerman-Martin Case Applied in Ferguson
The fatal shooting of the Mike Brown by police officer Darren Wilson has raised a hue and cry about a wide variety of social issues, among them the increasingly vitriolic nature of American race relations, the astonishing militarization of the police (or, perhaps more accurately, their equipment), and the curious (to...
Zimmerman Libel Suit Against NBC Thrown Out
How can we miss her, when she won’t go away?
Judge Debra Nelson, who presided over the murder trial of George Zimmerman, today issued a ruling dismissing his libel suit against NBC (a copy of that ruling can be found at the bottom of this post).
Those of us who followed the Zimmerman...
Want proof they won’t stop with your guns? Here it is
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is among the most aggressive groups in seeking to limit, if not eliminate, the 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear Arms.
CSGV also attacks so-called Stand Your Ground laws through misleading accounts of what happened in the Trayvon Martin shooting by George Zimmerman. This CSGV video...
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence objects to Andrew Branca speaking at Campbell U Law School (Update – UC Berkeley too)
Andrew Branca was invited by Campbell University Law School to speak on the issue for which he is best known, The Law of Self Defense.
Here’s part of the press release announcing the visit:
Nationally renowned self-defense expert Andrew Branca will speak at Campbell Law School next Tuesday, April 8 at noon in...
Low information artist tries to cash in on Zimmerman success
The painting above is, or was, available on Ebay, and was catching on after George Zimmerman’s famous art success.
It portrays George Zimmerman as a hooded Klansman executing Trayvon.
At this point, people like that artist are beyond hope. He obviously didn’t watch...
Sanford, FL to ban Neighborhood Watch from carrying guns
Reuters reports that Sanford, Florida — the town where George Zimmerman successfully and lawfully defended his life by shooting and killing a vicious attacker, Trayvon Martin — has passed new rules for how neighborhood watch volunteers may conduct themselves. In particular, it forbids them from being armed with a firearm, as...
Florida Senate “Stand Your Ground” panel advocates for lawsuits against people who lawfully defend themselves
The Orlando Sentinel reports that an ad hoc Florida state Senate panel, drawn together specifically to advocate changes to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, has emerged to announce that there should be changes to Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.
The key change sought by the panel is to impose limits on the immunity from...
False narrative of Trayvon Martin shooting embeds on campuses
The deification of Trayvon Martin, with comparisons to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Emmitt Till, is just part of the false narrative of the prosecution of George Zimmerman.
We are seeing a mythology grow and become embedded on campuses which misrepresents the factual and legal nature of the case. Long ago it...
Video: Did The Zimmerman Jury Get It Right?
Andrew Branca and I gave a lecture on September 12, 2013, at Cornell Law School in an event sponsored by the Cornell 2nd Amendment Club.
The topic was the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin and subsequent trial.
My segment starts at 2:45 and Andrew Branca’s...
T.R.A.Y.V.O.N.
Andrew Branca and I gave our presentation yesterday at Cornell Law School on the Zimmerman case, and the reasons why the jury reached the correct verdict. I’m hopeful the video will be available to post soon.
One of the things I talked about was the mythology of...
Did the Jury get it right in The Zimmerman Trial?
Umm, let me think on that.
I have until September 12 at 4 p.m. to decide.
This event sponsored by the Cornell Law School 2nd Amendment Club is open to the public, although good luck finding parking!
Update: In response to some reader inquiries, I’m not sure if there will be a live stream,...
Efforts to “change” Stand-Your-Ground Laws really aim to eliminate them
It is said that the first casualty of war is the truth, and we are being provided with a ringside seat to just such political theater with today’s newest front on the war on law-abiding gun owners.
That front is, of course, being waged on so-called Stand Your Ground laws.
This past week...
Trayvon Martin Luther King Jr.
We have addressed before the absurd attempts to turn Trayvon Martin into a civil rights icon equal to Emmitt Till.
On this anniversary of the famous “I have a dream” speech, the effort continues to an even new depth.
Via Frank Thorp of NBC News (h/t Weasel Zippers):
"Trayvon Martin Luther King Jr" shirts...
