USybrina Fulton, umama kaTrayvon Martin, wosula amehlo akhe ngexesha leKomiti yeeJaji yeeNdlu yeeNgwevu yokuva malunga neMithetho Yakho Yomhlaba ngo-Okthobha 29, 2013 eWashington, D.C.Win Win McNamee / Getty Izithombe Yenziwe ngo-2005, umthetho waseFlorida oyi-Stand Your Ground uvumela abantu ukuba basebenzise amandla abulalayo kwiimeko zokuzikhusela nangaphandle kwesibophelelo sokubuyela umva. Abantu abasebenzisa amandla okubulala kufuneka bakhusele ukusebenzisa kwabo ngaphambi kwetyala.
NgoFebruwari 7, a Ibhili , Uphakanyiswe yi-NRA exhaswa yi-NRA e-Florida Sen. Rob Bradley, ukwandisa iStand Your Ground umthetho wapasisa iKomiti yezoBulungisa nge-5-4 yevoti ecaleni kwemigca yeqela. Umthetho oyilwayo ungalutshintsha uxanduva utshutshise ukungqina ukuba umntu ongathandabuzekiyo akafanelekanga ukufaka ibango lomthetho phantsi komthetho.
Umthetho oyilwayo, onokuthi wenziwe umthetho unikwe ukuba iRiphabhlikhi ibambe uburhulumente kunye nendlu yowiso-mthetho, icaphukise ukugxeka okukhulu kwabo bakhathazayo ukuba kuya kubangela ubundlobongela. IMiami Herald ixelwe Isindululo sikaBradley satsala umdla wabatshutshisi kunye nabachasi beStand Your Ground aboyikayo iinguqu ezinokukhukula iinkundla kwaye zenze kube lula kwizaphulimthetho ukuba zingohlwaywa. Esi sicwangciso siphakamisa phakathi kwabagxeki abahlaziyiweyo kwimibuzo yomgaqo-siseko yengozi ephindwe kabini ngokuthi ukufuna umthwalo wobungqina 'ngaphaya kokuthandabuza okuqinisekileyo' kunganyanzela abatshutshisi ukuba bazame ityala kabini, kube kanye phambi kwetyala kwaye emva koko ngokwalo.
Umthetho waseFlorida Wima Umhlaba Wakho wafumana ingqwalaselo yesizwe ngo-2012 xa uGeorge Zimmerman, umphathi wenqila ekuhlaleni eSanford, eFlorida, wadubula wabulala uTrayvon Martin owayengaxhobanga oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala. UZimmerman wayenerekhodi yeminxeba engama-911 engenamsebenzi, kwaye umthumeli we-911 wamxelela ukuba angadibani noMartin, ongazange enze nto imbi kodwa ekhangeleka ekrokrela uZimmerman. Ngaphantsi komthetho waseFlorida Yima Umhlaba Wakho, uZimmerman akazange abanjwe ngobo busuku kwaye ekugqibeleni akazange agwetywe ngokubulala uTrayvon Martin.
Ukusukela ukuxoxwa kwetyala lakhe, uZimmerman usasaze intetho yakhe yobuhlanga kwaye waqhayisa ngento yokuba abaleke nokubulala okwakhuthaza intshukumo yelizwe lonke ye-Black Lives Matter. Ngo-Meyi ka-2016, uZimmerman izamile Ukuthengisa umpu awabulala ngawo uMartin kwiwebhusayithi yefandesi yemipu. Ngaphambi kokuba i-Twitter imise iakhawunti yakhe, uZimmerman wathumela iifoto zomzimba kaMartin, etyhola i-Confederate Flag, kwaye ethumela rhoqo ii-memes zobuhlanga malunga noBarack Obama. UZimmerman ubanjiwe amatyeli aliqela okoko kwaxoxwa ityala, ubukhulu becala kungenxa yobundlobongela basekhaya.
Uthathe ubomi, ngokungakhathali nangokungakhathali, kwaye bekungafanelekanga ukuba ubomi bakhe bonke ahambahamba esitratweni simahla, Umama kaTrayvon Martin, uSybrina Fulton, utshilo ngoFebruwari 2016. udliwanondlebe . Ndiyakholelwa nje ukuba kufanele ukuba aphendule ngento ayenzileyo. Kuyacaphukisa nje ukwazi ukuba umntu angadubula abulale umntu kwaye azithethelele. Abazali bakaMartin kutshanje kukhutshwa incwadi, Phumla Emandleni: Ubomi obungapheliyo bukaTrayvon Martin , Ngamava abo emva kokusweleka kukaTrayvon.
Endaweni yokuthatha amanyathelo okuqinisekisa ukuba ezi ntlekele aziphindaphindwa, iFlorida ihlazisa ilifa likaMartin ngokuthathela ingqalelo ukwanda kweMithetho Yakho Yomhlaba. Yima Imithetho Yakho Yomhlaba inyusa ukubulawa kwabantu, akukho sithintelo kulwaphulo-mthetho olunobuzaza, kukhokelela kukwahluka ngokobuhlanga kwinkqubo yezobulungisa kulwaphulo-mthetho kwaye kuthintele ukuthotyelwa komthetho, uqaphele Ingxelo ka-2014 yoMbutho wamagqwetha aseMelika, ucebisa ukuba Yima imithetho yakho yomhlaba upheliswe kwilizwe lonke okanye icuthwe kakhulu. Ngelishwa, iFlorida yenza okwahlukileyo. Ukongeza kwiBradley Ibhili , 22 Abameli beRiphabhlikhi yaseFlorida baxhasane ngebhili yeqabane elitshintsha umthwalo wokoyisa ukhuselo lokuzikhusela kwabamangalelwa ukuya kubatshutshisi ngaphambi kwetyala.
