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Originally Posted by Marathon Man
The Zimmerman case says other wise.
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I went back to the post from where your pulled your quote, and what I had written was:
"I hate "what ifs", but for the purposes of this distinction only, had the "loudmouth" (my words) physically assaulted the girlfriend, then the "loudmouth" would have committed a crime. The boyfriend, immediately pushing away the "loudmouth" would be justified in protecting her. Had the "loudmouth" then pulled a gun and shot the boyfriend, the "loudmouth" would not be able to claim self defense and would be charged with murder since his criminal act initiated the sequence of events."
Since in this example, the "loudmouth" committed a crime, he could not claim self defense and would therefore face prosecution.
What crime did George Zimmerman commit involving Trayvon Martin, that would link to the quote above? He was acquitted at trial as he was found to have acted in self defense.