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Topic: Stand Your Ground laws

Ajike "AJ" Shantrell Owens, shown in "The Perfect Neighbor" (Netflix)

"The Perfect Neighbor" crosses a line

Coleman Spilde
Marissa Alexander, George Zimmerman (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander/Reuters/Joe Burbank)

"Stand Your Ground" everywhere

Sophia Tesfaye
(Getty/Jewel Samad)

Shoot 1st, ask questions later

Caroline E. Light
FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. Texas is still sorting out where firearms are allowed, and where they're not, more than a year after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed a suite of laws that vastly expanded gun rights. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (AP)

armed for 2017

Sophia Tesfaye
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AOL abandons ALEC

Luke Brinker
Michael Dunn (AP/Will Dickey)

Michael Dunn Guilty

Luke Brinker
(Associated Press)

Release the officer's name

Rich Benjamin
George Zimmerman (Reuters/Joe Burbank)

David Neiwert - Southern Poverty Law Center
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Rachel Jeantel, Creshuna Miles (Reuters/Jacob Langston/CNN)

"Post-racial" America is a lie

Brittney Cooper
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

White America's "waiver mania"

Brian Beutler
Marissa Alexander (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

Women's lives don't matter

Brittney Cooper
James Francis Edwards Jr., Michael Dewayne Jones, Chancey Allen Luna (AP/Stephens County Sheriffs Department)

Brian Beutler
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Jillian Rayfield
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Jillian Rayfield
(White House)

Trayvon could have been me

Jillian Rayfield
Eric Holder (AP/John Raoux)

Holder's anti-drone war speech

David Sirota
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Marissa Alexander, John McNeil (AP/Lincoln B. Alexander)

"Stand Your Ground" lives on

Katie McDonough
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