What cop wouldn't believe that a hulking cop wannabe pursuing an unarmed teenager for no good reason and then blows him away didn't have probable cause to use deadly force? Asshole.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/22/2707336/stand-your-ground-law-at-center.html

MIAMI -- Florida is among 21 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 teenager.

The Florida law lets police on the scene decide whether they believe the self-defense claim. In many cases, the officers make an arrest and leave it to the courts to work out whether the deadly force is justified. In this case, however, police have said they are confident they did the right thing by not charging 28-year-old George Zimmerman.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/22/2707336/stand-your-ground-law-at-center.html#storylink=cpy

...the letter, signed by Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr., says. “By Florida Statute, law enforcement was PROHIBITED from making an arrest based on the facts and circumstances they had at the time.” (Caps are theirs.)

At link: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/sanford-city-manager-says-were-barred-arresting-trayvon-134007644.html

I have handled a lot of murder cases in 18 years and yes, I have seen a couple of examples of obvious self defense (a home invasion with witnesses, etc.) where no charges were filed. But never once have I seen the state fail to prosecute a homicide simply because the suspect said "oh that was self defense". The other part of this that boggles my mind is that the "arrest" really has nothing to do with bringing the case. The statute says the police can't arrest without probably cause. Guess what? Even without that law... the police can't arrest without probable cause. This isn't something unique to their Stand Your Ground law. And arrest or no arrest, the District Attorney is the one to determine whether to bring a case. I've had hundreds of cases that were filed without an arrest ever taking place. If the prosecutor is deferring to the police as to what cases to file he or she is not doing his or her job. Period.