Multiple groups asked Kansas lawmakers at a Community Forum in Wichita last week to review the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Kansas moms demand action, a group asking for more gun regulations, and members of a Sedgwick County task force on juvenile justice are both seeking change to the law. The law allows the use of deadly force if it’s in self defense. It’s under increased scrutiny after the Sedgwick County District Attorney cited the law in the decision not to charge corrections workers in the death of a 17-year-old, who died after corrections workers held him face down for more than 30 minutes.
Jazmine Rogers is a part of the task force formed after Lofton’s death. She says there is appetite from everyone across the political spectrum that have said that the ‘Stand Your Ground’ was never passed with the intent of allowing correction staff to murder people and never have their day in court.
