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Florida Democrat at the center of Trayvon Martin media circus was for Stand Your Ground law before she was against it
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The congresswoman who has stood next to Trayvon Martin’s parents at rallies and emerged as one of the most vocal critics of the Sanford Police Department supported the “Stand Your Ground” law at the center of the case. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D, Fla.) voted for the self-defense law when she was a state senator in 2005, five years before she was elected to represent Miami—and Martin’s family—in Congress.

DWS calls for repeal of SYG

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Democratic National Committee chairwoman and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is calling for the repeal of her state’s Stand Your Ground laws in the wake of the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin last month.