He walked up and capped a kid in a old folks community here in Florida and walked on the charges saying he felt threatened. And in the current law if you feel threatened you can "defend" yourself. Texas has similar laws, some states dont mind you killing in public as long as you have a good reason. (Although I think after several months of parades and outage Zimmerman did end up getting arrested.)
You are stretching the definition of kid to the breaking point.
The young thug you called a kid was 17 years old, had a criminal record, and was pretty tall
and black.
But then he learned not to bring a bad attitude to a gun fight with the heroic neighborhood watch captain
who was white!

Added a Touch of Gray.
Remind me again why those bold statements matter? If it was
The young thug you called a kid was 17 years old, had a criminal record, and was pretty tall
and white.
But then he learned not to bring a bad attitude to a gun fight with the heroic neighborhood watch captain
who was black!

Then would race ever be mentioned?
White, Black, Purple, Brown, Or Yellow with Green dots...
If zimmerman murdered martin, then he should go to jail. If he killed him in self-defense, then he should not go to jail. How does skin-color change any of it?
Enigma