Stand your ground laws became a flashpoint in the national debate about race and criminal justice in 2012 when george zimmerman was set. Did you take the easy choice to avoid a confrontation, even though it conflicted with your views and beliefs. Cases of selfdefense arent always simple especially in states with a stand your ground law. Stand your ground by kelly brown douglas overdrive. A history of americas love affair with lethal selfdefense, harvards caroline e. At the big concession stand on the home side, operated by the fuego booster club, lucas kincaid leaned forward and said over the racket, ill have two chili dogs and a coke, please.
Christiana star ba hons psychology, ba hons education, grad cert ap sc psychology of coaching is a registered. A person who uses or threatens to use deadly force in accordance with this subsection does not have a duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground if the person using or threatening to use the deadly force is not engaged in a criminal activity and is in a place where he or she has a right to be. Kelly brown douglas traces the roots of stand your ground culture all the way back to 98ce, then brings it forward with the pilgrims and traces its. Retreating in order to avoid violence is not the commendable act of a prudent man, but the act of a coward, of someone who runs away. This book explores the stand your ground culture that exists in the u. Buy a cheap copy of stand your ground book by william w. Stand your ground by victoria christopher murray, paperback. Could the community assist me with coming up with discussions questions for this book. Harvard professors book explores history of stand your. Stand your ground book by victoria christopher murray. From the bestselling and awardwinning author victoria christopher murray comes stand your ground, a new novel about two women who are faced with the same tragedy. These are debates about factual matters that are, in principle, knowable. Stand your ground laws may be causing more harm than.
There has been no story in the news that has troubled me more than that of trayvon martins slaying. The nook book ebook of the stand your ground by william w. What makes this book unique is douglass awareness of contemporary events along with a keen ability to parse out the ways in which the past is connected to contemporary situations. Its important to understand that even states that have stand your ground laws still have certain restrictions when it comes to using force in selfdefense. I encourage anyone in a leadership position to read this book. All reseller editions are prepublication books with errors and missing parts.
A history of americas love affair with lethal selfdefense, addresses the national reverence for the right to selfdefense but selective enforcement of justifiable homicide legal protections. Stand your ground shows a racist culture, continuing to kill. Stand your ground audiobook by victoria christopher. And the upshot of her research efforts is stand your ground. Currently, 28 states have legislatively enacted stand your ground laws. Theres more information on this topic, and others, at findlaw s section on criminal law basics. Kelly brown douglas traces the roots of stand your ground culture all the way back to 98ce, then brings it forward with the pilgrims and traces its development to the present day. In fact, stand your ground is more than a declaration of a right. Under stand your ground, floridians have been able to justify using deadly force i n order to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. To encourage them, walters wrote his first novel, stand your ground. For example, they may require that the threat of perceived harm be objectively reasonable and. The novel was set in the school and included features from the community. Another eight states apply the legal principles of stand your ground laws though courtroom practices, such as citation of past case law as precedent and judges instructions to juries.
May 28, 2018 harvard professor caroline light was recently in miami to talk about the laws historical roots and her book stand your ground. In 1993, he was teaching a grade 5 class in which many of the students were reluctant readers and writers. Family of man gunned down in stand your ground parking. Below is an excerpt of her conversation with wlrn reporter nadege green. This section discusses some circumstances under which a person may use deadly force to defend themselves or others. Police say he was not initially taken into custody because of floridas stand your ground law which allows a person to use deadly force. A history of americas stand your ground gun laws, from reconstruction to trayvon martin after a young, white gunman killed twentysix people at. This book is a look into the life of a family that was torn apart because of these laws and the people who are privileged to use these laws in the name of self defensecalled stand your ground.
A history of america s stand your ground gun laws, from reconstru. If trayvon was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk. This book includes 60 devotions from 40 teens who faced opportunities to stand their ground. Stand your ground and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. It made me take a long hard look at what deep cultural biases i might have and made me vow to change them. Youll gain spiritual insight and encouragement from the words of these teen writers and the world of god. May 12, 2015 when a book covers as large of a sweep of history and theology as stand your ground, we can always pick nits. She says, if you are going to beat an enemy, its good to know his strategy. Light, author of a new book about the history of lethal selfdefense in the u. Black bodies and the justice of god is one of those books.
In this timely and compelling book, kelly brown douglas examines the myths and narratives underlying a standyourground culture. Jul 24, 2018 under stand your ground, floridians have been able to justify using deadly force i n order to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. A history of americas stand your ground gun laws, from reconstruction to. The unreasonable use of the stand your ground law for selfdefense results in a tongue and cheek comedy about jewel heists and billionaires that turns friends deadly.
The raw emotion of this book made me want to put it down its a bit inconvenient to go into work with mascara running down your face, but it was so compelling that i couldnt. Stand your ground by kelly brown douglas overdrive rakuten. A stand your ground law sometimes called line in the sand or no duty to retreat law establishes a right by which a person may defend ones self or others right of selfdefense against threats or perceived threats, even to the point of applying lethal force, regardless of whether safely retreating from the situation might have been possible. President barack obama the 2012 killing of trayvon martin, an african american teenager in florida, and the subsequent acquittal of his killer, brought public attention to controversial stand your ground laws. Jul 22, 20 in fact, stand your ground is more than a declaration of a right. Stand your ground consists of reallife examples of how ethics and honor in decisionmaking and communication have led to leadership success.
Light deftly analyzes how this lopsided treatment has survived, in our legal system and also in the. Hi, i am hosting a book club meeting this friday to discuss the book stand your ground by victoria christopher murray. President obama said that if he had a son his son would look like trayvon. Usually when students have to read textbooks for a class, they are boring and rarely keep your attention. Kelly brown douglas is ordained in the episcopal church and currently serves at the washington. A history of americas stand your ground gun laws, from reconstruction to trayvon martin after a young, white gunman killed twentysix people at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, in december 2012, conservative legislators lamented that the tragedy could have been avoided if the schoolteachers had been armed and the classrooms equipped with guns. Family of man gunned down in stand your ground parkinglot. Developing character learning how to stand your ground. I read this book for an mba class im taking and i was pleasantly surprised. Stand your ground benefits the vulnerable in society. For example, they may require that the threat of perceived harm be objectively reasonable and that the force used be proportional to the threat. American strong series i know its the first of a series and biuld up can be everything but i found the book to be slow and by the end i felt as if nothing had happened there was action but the style of writing made it seem longwinded. Orbis books 2015 examines the deep roots of stand your ground culture in america and the challenges it brings for the black church community and others.
Florida goes the extra step of not requiring the gun. Walters was an elementary school student at vista heights public school in streetsville, ontario. Sep 24, 2018 currently, 28 states have legislatively enacted stand your ground laws. Buy a cheap copy of stand your ground book by victoria christopher murray. Black bodies and the justice of god, an enlightening examination of the deepseated roots of the racist reasoning relied upon in the course of snuffing out africanamericans lives so cavalierly. Frank beamer, head football coach, virginia tech this book is plainly written and inspirational.
Douglass stand your ground is a challenging and timely commentary on americas original sin. A history of americas love affair with lethal selfdefense. Harvard professor caroline light was recently in miami to talk about the laws historical roots and her book stand your ground. In stand your ground, popular speaker diana hoelscher shares ideas to help us be firmer in our testimony and more resistant to the influences of satan in our life. Without research on these and other topics, bad laws will inadvertently be passed or retained. A powerful new book studded with striking statistics and sobering facts. Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes pyright1. And the only hope of defeating the invading sarkan. Americans have debated whether stand your ground laws or gunfree zones make us safer or less safe for decades. Im really torn about this series i think ill read book 2 in the hopes that it develops. Janice johnson is living every black mothers nightmare. The biblical foundation for selfdefense jones, steve on. But it also delves into black faith and the meaning of god to the african american community in a stand your ground culture.
When a book covers as large of a sweep of history and theology as stand your ground, we can always pick nits. His thrillers include black friday, tyranny, stand your ground. Feb 14, 2017 elie wiesel spent his early years in a small transylvanian town as one of four children. Black bodies and the justice of god douglas, kelly brown on. He was the only one of the family to survive what francois maurois, in his introduction, calls the human holocaust of the persecution of the jews, which began with the restrictions, the singularization of the yellow star, the enclosure within the ghetto, and went on to the mass deportations to the ovens. Her book will also affirm the truth of a black mothers faith in these times of stand your ground. When florida adopted a stand your ground law in 2005, it not only protected lawabiding citizens right to selfdefense, but also birthed a movement that began sweeping the country state by state. What does floridas stand your ground law say you can do.
Apr 15, 2020 some of the provisions within this subchapter, protection of persons, are often referred to as the stand your ground laws. Stand your ground definition in the cambridge english. This was one of my most reread books as a child, and if you ever see how beat up my copy is, youll know thats true. Jul 29, 2018 cases of selfdefense arent always simple especially in states with a stand your ground law. Think about the last time you had to make a difficult decision when you were forced to choose between the easy option and the right option. Drejka was not initially arrested for the shooting. Some of the provisions within this subchapter, protection of persons, are often referred to as the stand your ground laws. Stand your ground laws may be causing more harm than good. Murray as always has written a book in her exceptional storyline format that captures todays headlines and that keep the readers informed. Now more than ever books on american society race and ethnicity in america general. Stand your ground laws generally state that, under certain circumstances, individuals can use force to defend themselves without first attempting to retreat. T he idea of the right to defend oneself may seem universal, but in her new book stand your ground. I just read it again for the first time in at least 10 years, if not more, and while it didnt quite hold up to the gold standard i placed it at as a kid, it was still enjoyable and im sure it would still be very enjoyable to kids today, particularly young boys. I listen to a lot of books and seldom does one evoke the type of emotion of stand your ground.
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