Of course, everyone knows he was killed by the chokehold applied by an ex-marine who throttled him on a New York subway train; it’s on video. The real question is what killed Neely, and I can answer ...

Florida was the first state to implement the stand-your-ground law in 2005, which allows people to use deadly or non-deadly force in self-defense. A local stand-your-ground case is happening right now ...

Caroline Light is affiliated with Street Philosophy Institute (SPI) and the Center for Antiracist Research (CAR) at Boston University. In one key respect, Ralph Yarl was fortunate. The wounds the ...

"Stand your ground" self-defense laws have been back in the news recently, although it is not clear why. That mystery highlights longstanding journalistic confusion on this subject, which ...

Pete Fornols, who lived next door to the retired firefighter, testified in court how Rodriguez called him numerous times that evening, seething about a loud party down the block in their rural ...