Have fun in an America where your heroes cowardly shoot people they're afraid of. Fist fighting a minor isn't even pathetic enough for you. You have to shoot the kid in the heart for it to be truly heroic enough for you.
"Oh, that dude across the street is scaring me. Yes, I am in fear for my life. Open season to kill people for whatever reason suits your fancy and claim that you were afraid!"
I'd love to see the Zimmerman standard be applied to a single person of color. For instance, a black woman in FL shot a warning shot against her ex-husband who just got out of prison for domestic abuse and kicked her fucking door down. She shot it into the ceiling, the judge dismissed her plea for "stand your ground," and she was sentenced to TWENTY YEARS for aggravated assault.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...stic-violence/
That's the pathetic thing about laws like this. It's totally up to individual discretion to even enforce it. "Hey, I like you or I identify with you in some way-- you don't deserve to be in prison!" But get a person like Rachel Jeantel on the stand, and suddenly the trial looks like she's being charged with a crime. This country's entire legal justice system is a total sham, and you're content because it's working in your favor. That's the definition of cowardice.