Originally Posted by Rochard

That's not true at all.

This morning in LA the mayor of Bell Gardens (Down by LA) was shot dead by his wife during a domestic dispute. Although she told the police she shot and killed him, she was let go. Zimmerman wasn't arrested at first either.

If there are circumstances where a shooting might be justified and the shooter is not a flight risk, they will most likely not be arrested. In the case of the Mayor this morning it was during a domestic dispute and their son was a witness, and in the case of Zimmerman he claimed self defense.

I don't know the details of this case, but the first sentence tells me all I need to know: "a laid-back former mechanic with a habit of ignoring police officers who tried to pull him over". No matter what, if you refuse to pull over for police it quickly escalates into a felony stop, guns are drawn, and it becomes a dangerous situation. This man got shot because he was an ass.