The thing people can’t get over is that after dropping the weapons charges the trial only became about the shoots he fired and why. If someone had no knowledge of the events leading up to the shooting, and they watched the video footage, they would see a kid getting chased and attacked by people (with and without guns) and it is quite understandable to come to the conclusion of self defense. Unfortunately, how he got in that situation was not on trial.
A lot of people mistakenly think that legal system corrects moral injustices, but in reality it only seeks to uphold established law – so I’m not surprised by the verdict. That said, f@ck that guy. He played stupid games that led to people dying. He may not be guilty of murder in the eyes of the law, but he is not a hero of anything.