Support for Rally in Solidarity for Trayvon Martin
When Sun, April 1, 5pm – 6pm
Where Courthouse Square Dayton Ohio (
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Description Let’s join the Adam Project this Sunday for a rally in solidarity for Trayvon Martin, 5 PM at Courthouse Square. It’s time to put an end to modern day racism perpetuated by our current system. Wear a hoodie in support
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/trayvon-martin-shooting-sparks-hoodie-rally-downtown-1352807.html
What: Trayvon Martin Dayton Rally, sponsored by The Adam Project, Inc., a faith-based organization that focuses on re-entry and helping at-risk young males. Participants are asked to wear hoodies.
When: 5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton
More information: Call 684-8634 or email AdamManOfGod@aol.com
Ohio’s Castle Doctrine states that one has the right to use whatever force necessary to defend oneself in one’s home or private vehicle. In Ohio, you are allowed to use reasonable self-defense, according to Matt Kanai, general counsel for the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
“If someone points their finger at you and you shoot them, that’s not appropriate,” Kanai said. “In Ohio you cannot use deadly force unless you are in threat of serious physical harm or someone else is. The law looks at whether the force that you use is reasonable to the threat that you’re facing.”
Ohio’s self-defense law allows that one does not have to retreat from one’s home or automobile, Kanai said. However, the Attorney General’s Office recommends that if you are outside of your home and can retreat when a threat arises, you should retreat.
Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law states an individual does not have to retreat while defending him or herself and allows police on the scene to determine if self-defense was used or not. Florida statutes on justifiable use of force state that “the person who uses defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred.” It also states that “a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”
FYI: There are more than 20 states that have self-defense laws similar to Florida’s Stand Your Ground. Those states include Kentucky and Indiana.
“To get a good job, get a good education” they said, but now thousands find themselves deep in debt for college expenses that lead nowhere. How could this happen? Aaron Calafato’s one-man play exposes an education industry luring America into this crisis, along with the people whose lives are ravaged by their practices. Come meet the “educators” who will tell you anything – for profit.
