edmonson fired a fatal shot. >> before he shot him, he helded him there?he put it light on his chest. >> edmonson's attorney siz his client was justified. >> he mu that adam had a gun and was coming towards him. >> i think the jury believed that he had no other option. >> prosecutors say it was excessive force and the law was being misinterpreted. >> so if i slap you, you can't shoot me? >> right, exactly. i can slap you back, you know. when you use excessive zefl defense, you become the aggressor. >> the case has caught the attention of national civil rights organization, the rain bow push coalition, to challenge georgia's stand your ground law. in this case, the victim is black, the shooter is white, the jury, all white, too. you had a white man killing a black man who had already asaumted the white man in a bar. i have to think they don't just ignore that point. >> do you think race played into this? >> yes, i do. >> why? >> just the matter of personal opinion with the jury being all white and we're in the south and my buddy being black. >> in the end,