statutes that provide defenses s to certain crimes. for example, officers have those same defenses. so when we shoot and kill somebody, the question is it s a homicide. the question is, is it justified or not? what did you make of that? what does that tell us what authorities are thinking? seems self-defense statute. almost every criminal law across the country provides for self-defense. in this case, they obviously have a set of facts that are leaning toward that direction. probably more so than just a random act of violence. that s where the irrefutable evidence comes in. there is more in favor of the justifiable side than there is the unjustifiable side. now this they ve got him identified and in consultation with the prosecutor, they said let s take a harder look and keep him free first. what do you say to people who
police captain at a movie theater. welcome, gentlemen. good morning, carol. first question, the florida legislature has no intentions of tweaking stand your ground and nra back bill expanding self-defense statute failed through a house committee. joey will this latest rally really make a difference? you know, carol, you would certainly hope so but to your point i think there s large public support in florida for your stand your ground law. in fact they did a poll that suggested 60% of floridians did, in fact, favor the law and only 34% that opposed it. in addition to that, carol, as you know, the governor appointed a task force a couple of years ago which came out with its recommendations last year as a 19 member task force where it was led by the lieutenant governor, herself an african-american woman a number of people on that task force, politician, members of the community, attorneys, prosecutors and, in fact, they said that the recommendations
morning telling me that if i basically came on to their property, they are going to show me how the stand your ground law works. i mean, i think that is what bothers people about the law, quite frankly, what you said, which is chilling, by the way. the notion they are aware of the law. they know it amplifies the self-defense statute. looking at your constituents, do you worry it increases reckless behavior by people who get in confrontations with guns? yes. we have seen it not only with the case there, the scott case in columbia, but there is another student hit innocently. she s paralyzed, a freshman. the shooters are claiming the exact same thing, standing your ground. this is a atmosphere we created. it s not only guns, baseball bat, knives, the attempt of
come to that conclusion. so focus on the culture of the community? yeah. zimmerman case i followed very closely. that was a self-defense defense you could have in florida, new york, alabama. i think if there s a difference, the difference is how a florida jury that has very different views about guns and how to defend yourself with a gun would come out differently than a new york jury. because in new york, you have a duty to retreat. right. those words where in the self defense statute. makes it easier theretofore give bad behavior. you give that same charge to a new york jury get a different outcome. what do you think about this where there s a lot of focus on
he s an example of what happens when someone who is relatively unsophisticated and makes a series of bad decision and gets bailed out by a law, the florida self-defense statute that makes it too easy for someone to get away with murder. it doesn t punish stupid the way the law should carol and as a result you ll have verdicts where juries are tested and you ll see that even a good jury like michael dunn can t come out to the right situation because of the law and also because of a lot of other prejudice and culture issues that we have to deal with outside of the courtroom. in my mind he s clearly troubled. he hasn t been able to find a job. he s been getting into these scrapes with the law, accused of domestic violence and he s traveling at high rates of speed when he knows he ll be stopped by police and that the spotlight will shine ever brighty on him. he seems troubled to me. did he seem that way to you? absolutely. he s got to wear a bullet proof vest. he s got people making de