Midday with Dan Rodricks

Stand Your Ground

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The 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin drew national attention to racial profiling and stand-your-ground laws. In her book, “Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God,” Kelly Brown Douglas, an Episcopal priest and professor of religion at Goucher College, traces the roots of stand-your-ground culture back to Black Codes and Jim Crow. She also speaks about being the mother of a son "who looks like Trayvon."

Maureen Harvie

Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.

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