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Originally Posted by dillywho

Think about the way Zimmerman looked at that time, not how he looks now all spiffied up. Would you not be in fear of this guy continuing to follow you all over the place, never even attempting to tell you who he was and why he was on your tail? How was this kid supposed to know the guy was on the phone with the police? He never said he was.

Many have said that Martin should have just gone on home. Really, and lead this guy to your place where there was no adult, only a 12-year old boy? Zimmerman didn't want to give out his phone number or address because the "bad" guy might be listening? Isn't that just a tad paranoid?

Given all this, might it not be said that this kid was just defending himself against possible great bodily harm or even death? Martin couldn't even get a decent answer out of this "creep" (his words) about why he was following him or if he had a problem, depending on whose version you believe when he asked. The right to defend himself that night was not exclusively Zimmerman's. According to the law, reasonable fear of severe bodily harm or even death is all self defense takes with no requirement to flee first (which is exactly what I think Martin did when he ran and Zimmerman went after him). You don't even have to be hurt and have any marks on you...just a reasonable fear that you might. Unfortunately, since he died, nobody will ever know for sure what really happened.

Even if this kid had called 911, how was he going to tell them right where he was or how to find him if Zimmerman had to look to see where he was after living there for several years, not less than 10 days?

Do I think he is guilty of Murder 2? No. Manslaughter? Yes. Life as he knew it is lost and gone forever, but he can eventually recover. Martin will never have that chance.

100% speculation - where is the evidence???