“He specifically said it was being referred to the State Attorney.”
The County DA already said no charges. The State Attorney will chop off on it. Just like the Zimmerman shooting went to the State.
One thing is clear at this point. In a jury trial the prosecutor will not get a unanimous decision against the shooter. The State Attorney will likely consider this. They knew they’d lose in Zimmerman’s trial but public pressure forced them to charge him anyways. It cost millions in state funding to basically educate a group of biased people to the validity of written law. Let’s not make this a common practice. “I don’t like the law, so you have to charge everyone for everything I say.
The various news articles only say that the Sheriff has not arrested him. There's nothing about a DA decision.
"They knew they’d lose in Zimmerman’s trial but public pressure forced them to charge him anyways."
They should have known they'd lose. I don't know if they did. But that's a different thing. Zimmerman's case was clear self-defense. This is not. Neither had anything to do with "Stand Your Ground".