While I am pleased that this shooting is being so thoroughly investigated, the other Shoot First killings should be examined by the Grand Jury as well. Most of those also involved victims who were unarmed when they were shot, raising serious questions about the legitimacy of the self-defense claims by the shooters. No one in those shootings was arrested either, despite questionable circumstances, and the investigations appear to hve been minimal, and possibly insufficient, in those killings as well. The Shoot First laws, in Florida and in other states, have authorized without accountability the right to commit vigilante justice, and inappropriate use of deadly force without penalty or liability. It is not only this case, it is part of a much larger pattern.
From MSNBC.com:
Trayvon Martin case to go to grand jury, Fla. state attorney announces
A grand jury will investigate the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old shot to death in a gated community in Florida on Feb. 26, state attorney Norm Wolfinger announced Tuesday.
"I share in the desire of the family and the community to accurately collect and evaluate all the facts surrounding the tragic death of Trayvon Martin," Wolfinger said in a news release. "The public is entitled to no less than a thorough, deliberate, and just review of the facts. We intend to honor that commitment."
The Seminole County Grand Jury will be called to session on Tuesday, April 10, Wolfinger said.
Meanwhile, on Monday, the Justice Department and the FBI opened an investigation into the death of the black teenager, who was shot by a neighborhood watch captain who was not arrested.
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