It’s not surprising…. It probably aligns with the laws too. If you’re 17 and want to carry around an ar-15 on the streets, you are allowed. If someone says something, or does something, that makes you feel in the least bit threatened, you are allowed to shoot them with that gun you happen to be holding, as is your right.
Is it justice? F*ck no…. It’s about as stupid as it can get in terms of how to govern a country. Would he have been convicted if he were black and the others where white? Probably. Although, I haven’t seen something directly comparable yet.
As you said…. What a fuckin’ country.
He's not allowed to carry around an AR-15 after curfew at age 17, that's illegal, but doesn't really affect the charges. Also no you're not allowed to just shoot someone for saying something, which doesn't matter here because that's not why he was acquitted, he was physically attacked by multiple people.
The judge seemed politically biased unfortunately, but I don't really see how it affected the evidence or the jury's decision.
Most people on the left i've seen thinks he should have been found guilty because they don't actually care about the law or the evidence, they just hate the kid and his politics.