I have stayed away from this story for a little while until the facts are out.

Gotta love the picture… Smiling victim good kid, scowling murderer of innocent black kids world wide, right next to him. Fair trial indeed…

‘Stand Your Ground Law’ at center of unarmed Florida teen shooting

MIAMI – Florida is among 21 U.S. states with a “Stand Your Ground Law,” which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. The self-defense law helps explain why a neighborhood watch captain has not been arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager — a case that has caused widespread outrage.

First off, lets take a look at the media’s responsibility in this entire issue. They reported the shooter as a “WHITE Neighborhood watch captain” who shot an innocent black kid just going to the store… Now the story is Mr Zimmerman is of hispanic descent.

The race baiters are out in force for a perceived injustice because no arrest had been made right away. Well, lets see. IF it were a black shooter who shot a black kid would they be so quick to jump on the “Injustice” cry? They’d be waiting for the facts to come out I believe.

Do we know how many times this kid has used that way to go to the store in the past? Has that area been hit by crime recently? Was this Zimmerman a victim of that crime? Is there a chance this kid was casing? Just because his cell phone conversation with a girl didn’t mention he was casing or doing anything illegal means NOTHING. Very few folks during a crime would announce that’s what they were doing to their loved ones.

Now I’m not about to claim Zimmerman was innocent. He by all accounts didn’t follow standard neighborhood watch procedures. And he will face the judge and jury over it I’m sure. But my issue is with the “Stand your ground” law.

Zimmerman instigated the confrontation by all accounts. I don’t think this incident is encompassed by the stand your ground law so why is it even in play? The stand your ground law is for the stalked not the stalkee. Zimmerman should have made sure the kid was white so he had a chance at a fair trail. Now it’s over for him and if we allow this to drag a good law into the dirt it’s on us.

It won’t be long that the “Castle Doctrine” will come under fire for this incident. Even though it doesn’t apply either. We can defend those laws without defending the shooter in this case. And we damn sure better.