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Attorney General Eric Holder condemns 'Stand Your Ground' laws as Creating More Violence

Attorney General Eric Holder condemns 'Stand Your Ground' laws as Creating More Violence

Washington Post: ORLANDO — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. strongly condemned so-called “Stand Your Ground” laws here Tuesday in a speech to the NAACP that addressed the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin.

The laws “sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods,” Holder said, by “allowing – and perhaps encouraging – violent situations to escalate in public.”


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