floridian, or seeking justice for marissa alexander, there has to be a time when we draw a line in the sand and that time is now. watching the reaction to the verdict and watching things in florida right now, it s hard to get a sense of what the mood is in the state there and in the state capitol, particularly. do you think the governor is feeling any fallout from this verdict from his task force which he keeps pawning the stand your ground law on, from the mounting pressure for him to pardon marissa alexander? is the governor being held to account there, or is this kind of a passing thing that will be gone in a week? well, in hearing the governor s response to the question he was asked earlier, it was very odd because just today the co-chair of his now infamous task force has come out and said that the governor did the opposite. he ignored suggestions made by the task force that could very well change stand your ground. that task force was convened and appointed by the governor
dwight, a democratic senator. also spon tsored legislation to repeal the stand your ground law. senator, my first question for you, why have you become involved in this case? why are you making this appeal to governor rick scott? well, chris, i ve been convinced social justice is necessary for the people of florida. when we look at the plethora of things our governor scott has chosen to ignore, whether it s health care for the neediest floridian, or seeking justice for marissa alexander, there has to be a time when we draw a line in the sand and that time is now. watching the reaction to the verdict and watching things in florida right now, it s hard to get a sense of what the mood is in the state there and in the state capitol, particularly. do you think the governor is feeling any fallout from this verdict from his task force which he keeps pawning the stand your ground law on, from the mounting pressure for him to pardon marissa alexander? is the governor being held to account t
pardoned. dwight bullard, a democratic senator. also sponsored legislation to repeal the stand your ground law. senator, my first question for you, why have you become involved in this case? why are you making this appeal to governor rick scott? well, chris, i ve been convinced social justice is necessary for the people of florida. when we look at the plethora of things our governor scott has chosen to ignore, whether it s health care for the neediest floridian, or seeking justice for marissa alexander, there has to be a time when we draw a line in the sand and that time is now. watching the reaction to the verdict and watching things in florida right now, it s hard to get a sense of what the mood is in the state there and in the state capitol, particularly. do you think the governor is feeling any fallout from this verdict from his task force which he keeps pawning the stand your ground law on, from the mounting pressure for him to pardon marissa alexander? is the governor being h