Rick Scott Meets with Protesters, Rejects Special Session

Gov. Rick Scott unexpectedly returned to Tallahassee Thursday evening, where throngs of protesters have been camped out for days to speak out on Stand Your Ground laws in Florida, racial profiling, and the war on youth. Scott sat down with the protesters, many of whom are with an organization called Dream Defenders, a group which has been particularly vocal about their disapproval of Zimmerman's acquittal last Saturday.

The protesters have been calling for a special session for Stand Your Ground laws, but Scott rejected the proposal on Thursday. The Dream Defenders have said they will not be leaving the Capitol until the governor calls a special session.

According to the Palm Beach Post, Scott told the NAACP he's not budging on Stand Your Ground laws, and wrote a letter to NAACP president Adora Obi Nweze. A spokeswoman from Scott's office originally said travel would prohibit him from returning to the Capitol Thursday.

After holding seven public meetings and considering 16,603 pieces of correspondence and 160 public comments at Task Force meetings, the Task Force concurred with the Stand Your Ground law and I agree, Scott wrote to Nweze. It is also important to note that Floridas Stand Your Ground law was not argued in the Zimmerman case.