The Intersection of Assault & Self-Defense
So, as far as I can understand, had the boy begun hitting his assailant - and then started to win the fight - the piss balloon assailant would have been justified under Florida law to “stand his ground” and shoot the boy dead.
Piss-balloon man would be the only one up on the stand, and he can just testify that he was all done with his assault and had retreated, so it was the boy’s own fault he got shot, and he never uttered a racial remark, and the kid may have had detention once and his sibling is fat and rolls his eyes on the stand.
Let that sink in.