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Originally Posted by buggyone
Look at reality.
Scene most likely went down as Zimmerman sees Martin, calls police, follows Martin, gets in Martins face by asking why he is there, Martin gets back in Zimmermans face and pops him in the nose; they tussel, Martin is getting the best of Zimmerman, and Zimmerman uses his gun to end the fight.
Jury will decide if Zimmerman did the right thing first by following Martin and challenging him and then by shooting him when getting the worst end of the inevitable fight.
Could be actual self-defense, probably not murder, maybe manslaughter.
Jury will decide...but will also have to keep in mind (and not part of justice) how the public will react. This is NOT like the Casey Anthony case where even though the wrong verdict came out but there would be no public "demonstrations". There more than likely will be public reaction (in some manner) if Zimmerman is set free. Best thing for jury to do is to convict, Zimmerman goes to the slammer and gets out in a few years on appeal. May not be justice but may work out the best way possible. Who knows?
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Reality? Really? This is your version of what likely went down. The fact that they were in the vicinity of Zimmerman's car when the scuffle and shooting occurred would seem to contradict your scenario.
As I understand it, Zimmerman called to the police while following Martin. He told the police that he was following him and the police said, "We don't need you to do that." At that point Zimmerman broke off his pursuit and headed back to his car. As he approached his car, Martin came from somewhere and started demanding to know why he followed him. Martin began getting in his face and yelling, "You're going to die tonight". Some initiated physical contact. Martin ended up on top of Zimmerman pummeling him MMA style at which point Zimmerman, who feared for his life pulled out his gun and shot him.
Now I wasn't there and I haven't heard all the evidence, but this is part of what I did hear and it is a scenario that makes perfect sense.