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-Treyvon Martin, George Zimmerman and ‘Stand Your Ground’ (Part 1)- By Rodney Yearby, Sr. In order to understand what happened in the shooting death of Treyvon Martin, you have to go back to the beginning. What is this “Stand your Ground” law and where did it come from? ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws are a derivative of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which says that ‘corporations are people too’. Citizen’s United groups composed of the top 2% of the wealthiest people in the country have poured unlimited amounts of money into our democracy affecting the legislation of laws as well as the outcome of many state elections. With the help of Citizen’s United, Republicans won enough state seats to regain control of the House of Representatives in 2010, and as a result, we have extreme Republican obstructionism and gridlock for any policies President Obama tries to get through Congress....uticaphoenix.net/treyvon-martin-george-zimmerman-and-stand-your-ground-part-1/
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:37:27 +0000

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