Stand Your Ground

In Florida, we have a law called the Stand Your Ground Law that was established in 2005, and it simply states that, "a person may use force in self defense when there is a reasonable belief of a threat, without obligation to retreat first." I can totally understand this if it was actually used effectively. In a lot of cases in Florida, there were many lives taken, and because of this "law" many killers have been able to walk away freely without a trial, without booking, without questions being asked. There was an incident that happened in February, approximately 41 days ago that involved an innocent 17-year old boy walking home to his gated community from a nearby 7-Eleven store. He had on a hoodie and in one hand a bag of skittles, and the other, a can of Iced Tea. A community watchman thought this young man looked suspicious and began to call 911, and immediately proceeded to follow him which he was not ordered to do by the police, or anybody for that matter. As he began to get closer and closer, the 17-year old boy feared for his life, and began to scream "Help, help me!" A person, a neighbor or someone nearby called the police and to report what they were hearing and in the 911 call, you can hear the little boy cry out, whining for help and then a sudden shot being fired. The crying finally stopped for that night the little boy was killed. Police in my opinion have not done enough to ensure that this man was prosecuted for what he has done. They took the watchman's word over anything else that they failed to investigate. The watchman said that he shot the boy in self defense, and because of that, the man walks free. What I do not understand is how are you defending yourself, if the boy that he killed did not have a concealed weapon on him and you go after him intentionally even though orders did not permit him to do so. This is really brought to my attention as a matter of injustice. This is very sad. There is a killer around that the police freed after killing a young man that appeared to have on a hoodie, a bag of skiitles and a can of Iced Tea. Something isn't right, something doesn't add up. Some people believe that the law should be repealed and I believe this as well for it gives killers a right to kill and get immunity for it. In this case, it was not a Stand Your Ground and they are taking action as if it were. I fear this law because it could have easily been me, my younger brother, or anybody. I wear a hoodie at times, I like skittles and I love Iced Tea, so will I be a victim and my killer be set free due to an unjust law?