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Originally Posted by Mathguy
George Zimmerman was clearly a threat to Travon Martin, as Zimmerman took on a role of law enforcement without having the legal qualifications to do so. Whatever happened in any scuffle between, it is certain the cause was Zimmerman's playing police officer.
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The testimony so far does seem to support your statements. And we still don't have a handle on the scuffle - who had who on the ground, etc. Zimmerman claims one thing, witnesses don't agree on what they saw. We don't yet know who was calling for help. From his statements, Zimmerman displayed ill will toward Martin when he referred to "expletive punks". According to the detective in the case, it appeared he continued to follow Martin after being told to stop, and was overly eager to catch a "bad guy". He was a police wannabe. He was versed in the Stand your Ground law, and knew what to say to police to justify his actions. IMHO, being in a scuffle with someone, where you sustain injuries that don't require medical followup and require only a bandaid, does not give you the right to shoot someone with a gun. They found no evidence that Martin tried to take the gun away from Zimmerman. Bottom line - we haven't seen all the testimony yet - I dont' see this as an open and shut case one way or the other.