Just to clarify some law here:
We have multiple witnesses (including some that were previously saying the opposite to the media) saying the Hispanic guy was knocked on his back getting pounded by the 6’2" Black guy. The Hispanic guy (not the Black guy as the girlfriend initially said) was screaming for help, had a broken nose, and was generally in a world of hurt.
At that time (on his back, losing a fight), legally, the Hispanic was well-within his rights (in any state, under any law) to shoot the Black guy UNLESS the Hispanic guy illegally attacked the Black guy first. (That’s called “provocation.”)
For example, you cannot go provoke a bar fight, start to lose, and then end it with a gun and claim self-defense.
As a result, the Hispanic guy’s self-defense claim is going to turn on whether he assaulted (not followed, not profiled, not anything but assaulted or perhaps (and rarely) used “fighting words”) the Black guy FIRST.
As things stand, the only evidence is we have the Hispanic guy confronted the Black guy and the Black guy jumped him in response.
A neighborhood watch guy confronting people in the neighborhood, even if not justified, is not “provocation” under the law. Even if you are being racially profiled, the guy is Barney Fife, this is not “provocation.”
“Provocation” is going up and popping someone in the nose or the like.
“Provocation” IS NOT “hey do you live here? What’s your name? What’s your address? Let me see your driver’s license.”
IF (and I mean “if”) the Hispanic guy’s version of the initial contact pans out, it’s a legitimate self-defense claim under the law.