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Advocates, community allies stand together to stop proposed Arkansas Stand Your Ground bill
As the Arkansas House Judiciary Committee plans to hear a controversial “Stand Your Ground” bill on Tuesday, dozens of community leaders gathered against it. Author: Jade Jackson Updated: 10:40 PM CST January 31, 2021
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas Black community leaders, groups, and allies stood together in support of stopping the Stand your Ground bill in front of the State Capitol Sunday afternoon. Over a dozen people were in attendance to support the Real Love press conference.
The Arkansas State NAACP, local NAACP chapters, W. Harold Flowers Law Society, Pine Bluff Mayor Shirley Washington, former judge Marion Humphrey, Judge Alice Gray, Rabbi Barry Block of Temple B nai, Citizens First Congress, Urban League, Arkansas United, Indivisible Little Rock and Central Arkansas all were present at the event.