Sorry if this was covered in another thread.
I'm a gun owner, I have a concealed carry permit and I support Stand Your Ground laws as a means to protect a someone from prosecution in a righteous shooting. Common Law typically includes a Duty to Retreat, which SYG eliminates. But appropriate force and imminent peril considerations still have to me made.
This isn't a righteous shooting. If the victim had followed up the shove with additional aggression then at least a case could be made. But he started backing up when the shooter pulled his gun and at that point the incident was over.
Additionally, based on the shooters actions towards the victims wife a case could be made that the victim was defending his wife against a potential threat.
Reports are that the sheriff's detectives wanted to move forward with an arrest but the Sheriff put the kybosh on it. Glad the DA moved forward with charges, this asshole was looking for trouble IMO.
I do find it interesting that the headline below is
"White Man charged with killing unarmed Black Man", but that's a topic for another thread.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-man...160637411.html