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Sheriff probes self defense claim of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in front of kids

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities came under intense pressure Tuesday to bring charges against a white woman who killed a Black neighbor on her front doorstep as they navigated Florida’s divisive stand your ground law that provides considerable leeway to the suspect in making a claim of

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Sheriff probes ‘self defense’ claim of white woman who fatally shot Black neighbor in front of kids

By CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff says detectives must investigate self-defense claims before any criminal charges can be brought against a white woman who fatally shot her Black neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud. Marion County

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