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Originally Posted by Patty55
When you are being beaten you don't know the extent of your injuries or how long it will last. It's not like they beat you, hand you a mirror and you think it insignificant. When you are in that position the only thing you can focus on is to make it stop.
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I don't know how many times I have hit my head against something and it hurt like hell - yet the hit wasn't even hard enough to break the scalp at all. So, I imagine that these hits felt like they could be lethal. Plus, the cries for help had been going on for approximately 45 seconds which would normally signal to someone who is hitting you that you are effectively beaten - yet the beating was actually escalating to the banging of the head against the pavement. In light of the duration of the beating and the escalation I can easily see where Zimmerman could be in fear that the blows would continue until he died or suffered severe injury.
It's so easy to sit in your living room and with the benefit of hindsight second guess Zimmerman's actions - especially if so doing bolsters your world view of "gun bunnies".