“And the MSM is lamenting the fact that they don’t have a ratings boosting riot.”
I think even most blacks know self-defense when they see it.
And they recognized it from the outset.
Recall that there was a full three week period after the killing occurred and before the national media started pushing the story.
During this period, there were no protests, no demonstrations, no riots in Sanford. The local media covered the story thoroughly and featured the eyewitness reports, the observed condition of the two principals, plus background on the development's recent crime wave.
The police were reportedly non-committal but obviously leaning "self-defense". And the community seemed to understand and accept that.
THEN, the MSM got on the case...and along came the Justice Brothers and Eric Holder's rabble-rousers. From thatr moment forward, everything changed.
...and the exceptions are AA TV pundits...every one of them...and most of them are lawyers too.