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Originally Posted by NJblue
Hold on there Red. How do you know that his actions were perfectly legal through the course of the night? He may have been doing nothing illegal up until the point of confrontation, but after that there are two very different accounts about what happened and one of those accounts has Martin doing things very illegal. Some here seem to think that if Martin is afraid of Zimmerman that he has a right to attack him. What utter nonsense.
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Sorry, should have clarified -- Martin was doing nothing illegal while Zimmerman was following him. I don't know if his actions after confronting Zimmerman were legal or not. (1) I really don't know Florida criminal law well enough to comment and (2) only Zimmerman knows who connected first -- was Martin defending himself or did he just attack (if you believe Janelle [and I do], Martin did not begin by physically attacking, he confronted Zimmerman and asked why he was following him)?
I don't think Martin had the right to attack and don't defend those actions, but I do understand him doing so. I think most 17 year old males would have behaved pretty much as he did in these circumstances.