Annie Elise

Did she really have the right to enact stand-your-ground laws here, or was she not in imminent danger, and did she just carefully craft this because she had researched stand-your-ground laws and knew that this could get her out of a very sticky situation?

And discerning the two, I'll be honest, it's a lot more difficult than it might seem.

So after being informed that AJ unfortunately didn't make it and doing an interview with the investigators, Susan ultimately was let go.

They didn't have enough information and evidence at that point to arrest her.

So it was almost an issue of, until they could prove she didn't have the right to do what she did,

Susan essentially did have the legal right to shoot AJ.

And if you're dumbfounded and your jaw is on the floor hearing that, you're not alone.

It caused a major public outcry.

AJ's family was not only heartbroken and mourning the loss of such an amazing person, but they were terrified that Susan was going to get away with it and that AJ was never going to receive any justice.

There were multiple protests in the area demanding that Susan be arrested while also simultaneously begging for justice for AJ.

People just could not understand why Susan was still free.

Even if the authorities couldn't prove that her actions went beyond the stand your ground laws,

She had thrown those skates at AJ's son, the skates that hit him.

But again, it goes back to he said, she said, and whether or not they could even prove that Susan had thrown them at him.

The whole thing was just incredibly messed up.

The police department was also receiving so much backlash that they had to make a public statement explaining their actions and explaining why Susan was still a free woman.

Meanwhile, AJ's family had to prepare for a funeral.

They had to navigate how they were going to go on not only with the next few weeks and months, but years.

Her children depended on AJ.

They were all so young.