#  Caroline Light Op-Ed Appears in Slate.com 

 





February 24, 2021

 

 

 WGS Professor Caroline Light's latest op-ed, "[Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Want to Ban the Word Victim at Their Trial](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/ahmaud-arbery-jury-mcmichael-trial-georgia.html)," has been published by Slate.com. Co-authored with assistant Florida state's attorney Janee E. Thomas, the piece discusses how "Stand Your Ground" laws can enable lawyers to mount a toxic defense for police by erasing the victimhood and presumed innocence of targets of white supremacist violence.

 Light is the author *of Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense* (Beacon Press, 2017).



 

 

 



 

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