Zimmerman Case?

So, I heard about this case.... A 29 year old man lives in a very high class "gated community", and he gets worried, when there are a bunch of robberies lately.  He tries to help by setting up a neighborhood watch party.  On a dark, rainy night he see's a strange figure wandering around.  He starts to follow the man.  This man is actually a 17 year old, colored boy who is there to see his father.  The boy notices someone following him.  The older man calls the cops.  Since there are no witnesses who saw everything, only little clips, it is unknown how they came in contact with each other, but they did.  They get into a violent fight.  The boy knocks the man to the ground, and sees a gun on his waistband.  The boy says "You will die tonight!".  The man shoots the boy and kills him.

They are accusing the man of second degree murder.  I disagree.  From what I have heard, the boy was there because he had been kicked out of school for fighting and did drugs, and the mother couldn't handle it.  The boy also called a friend, and told her that a "creepy ass cracker" was following him.  It seems like all that happened, was a young boy who had been exposed to a culture (school) that often resorted to violence to solve disputes, decided to take matters into his own hands and confront a man who was following him, instead of calling the police or simply going home.  The man was using self defense, which is why he was carrying the gun in the first place.  It's sad, that a boy who had his whole life ahead of him died.  But, to send an innocent man to jail, well, why would you want to destroy 2 lives?


Remember this is what I have heard, just out of gossip.  If you would like to read up on it and decide for yourself, look up "Zimmerman" in google, and you will find some articles.