[Shannon]

But one shot and killed a guy who was only armed with popcorn.

And Trayvon only had Skittles.

I think you're oversimplifying things. If you're the one who just got hit in the face with a bag of popcorn, would you even realize it was just popcorn? Regardless, would you wonder what, if anything, was coming next? The fact that the dead man's wife was holding him back with her hand, would that make you wonder if more was coming your way?

To throw the bag of popcorn in the older man's face was an assault. Sorry, but it was. Should the older man have gotten up and walked away? Yes!

I'll say it again; either man could have diffused things.

[Wolfie]

If shootings of this nature go down as justified, it won’t be long before they do come for our guns.

[kjam22]

Honestly... I have a carry and conceal. I don't shoot and kill someone who throws popcorn on me. But that's me.

The guy who did the shooting is the same guy who started the confrontation. There was no way he was gonna walk away from it. He had a point to make. Put him in jail and be done with it.

[a fool in paradise]

Another thing to digest about the witness testimony, the “witnesses” in yesterday’s reports didn’t even know who threw the popcorn (although it was in the police report that the shooting victim threw it).