Many people have been sharing articles about this case, and "liking" the ones describing how international pressure FINALLY (their emphasis) got charges filed against the night watchman shooter, and from the Feds as a bonus.
Personally, based on the stories I have heard about the shooter, the situation, and the 911 tapes, I think the shooter is certainly guilty of something. But I am not sure that there is enough real evidence to support a conviction given Florida's laws about self-defense. And this brings some real concerns:
1. If the jury convicts because the "just know" he's guilty, this would be a travesty of the US justice system.
2. If the jury finds him 'not guilty', the public uproar will be even worse.
3. If the Feds exert jurisdiction in a case where they normally wouldn't, in response to the public pressure, it sets a dangerous precedent for future lynch mob justice.
Even though I suspect the shooter is in fact guilty of something, I don't like the path this is taking to get there. I am not sure this is really the "justice" that many of us think it is.
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