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How Do We Define Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law?

FILE - In this July 19, 2018 file frame from surveillance video released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Markeis McGlockton, far left, is shot by Michael Drejka during an altercation in the parking lot of a convenience store in Clearwater, Fla. Prosecutors charged a white man, Michael Drejka, with manslaughter Monday Aug. 13, 2018 in the death of an unarmed black man whose videotaped shooting in a store parking lot has revived debate over Florida’s “stand your ground” law. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, which was enacted in 2005, has been a controversial law since being passed. The Trayvon Martin shooting back in February 2012 made this law a hotly debated topic.

The Markeis McGlockton shooting in Clearwater in July has now brought the Florida law to a new level of debate. Erik Kuselias talks about the case , the racial overtones and the consequences of this investigation. Listen in to Erik’s provocative commentary on this topic.

Listen to the Erik Kuselias Show weekday afternoons from 1-3 pm on AM 820 news Tampa Bay and 98.3 FM Pinellas County.

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