{"id":18194,"date":"2021-06-02T14:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T18:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=18194"},"modified":"2021-06-02T14:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T18:14:02","slug":"judge-says-no-to-florida-mans-stand-your-ground-defense-for-killing-an-iguana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2021\/06\/judge-says-no-to-florida-mans-stand-your-ground-defense-for-killing-an-iguana\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge says no to Florida man&#8217;s &#8220;stand your ground&#8221; defense for killing an iguana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"667\" data-attachment-id=\"18193\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2021\/06\/judge-says-no-to-florida-mans-stand-your-ground-defense-for-killing-an-iguana\/attachment\/16226569865005782293445783192176\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?fit=1200%2C817&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,817\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?fit=1024%2C697&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?fit=980%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?resize=980%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?resize=1024%2C697&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?resize=768%2C523&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16226569865005782293445783192176.jpg?resize=210%2C143&amp;ssl=1 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Apparently, Iguanas have more rights than unarmed black teenagers in Florida.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stand your ground&#8230;against an iguana? ? While that seems entirety implausible as a defense, it worked for the asshole who shot unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day I wake up someplace else, I&#8217;m thankful I don&#8217;t live in Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more on #BoingBoing:<br \/>Judge says no to Florida man&#8217;s &#8220;stand your ground&#8221; defense for killing an iguana <a href=\"https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2021\/06\/02\/judge-says-no-to-florida-mans-stand-your-ground-defense-for-killing-an-iguana.html?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=judge-says-no-to-florida-mans-stand-your-ground-defense-for-killing-an-iguana\">https:\/\/boingboing.net\/2021\/06\/02\/judge-says-no-to-florida-mans-stand-your-ground-defense-for-killing-an-iguana.html?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=judge-says-no-to-florida-mans-stand-your-ground-defense-for-killing-an-iguana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stand your ground&#8230;against an iguana? ? While that seems entirety implausible as a defense, it worked for the asshole who shot unarmed black teenager, Trayvon Martin. Every day I wake up someplace else, I&#8217;m thankful I don&#8217;t live in Florida. Read more on #BoingBoing:Judge says no to Florida man&#8217;s &#8220;stand your ground&#8221; defense for killing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[662,663,582,587,588,14],"tags":[664,665,593,577,96,607,594,595,592,523],"class_list":["post-18194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-animals","category-blacklivesmatter","category-blog-2","category-moregray","category-myopinion","category-blog","tag-animals","tag-blacklivesmatter","tag-editorial","tag-floridaman","tag-jamiegray","tag-justthinking","tag-moregray","tag-myopinion","tag-opinion","tag-blog","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16554,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/a-florida-bank-refused-to-cash-an-elderly-black-womans-check-then-they-called-the-police-on-her\/","url_meta":{"origin":18194,"position":0},"title":"A Florida bank refused to cash an elderly black woman&#8217;s check. 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