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Originally Posted by ijusluvit
I respectfully disagree with the OP and the poster who agrees with NJBlue. To me the decision to engage in violent confrontation carries a heavy responsibility, especially if the party making the decision is armed. Mr. Zimmerman made the decision to initiate that confrontation, without being forced, or having the jurisdiction to do so, and in fact being told not to do so.
And let's leave race out of the incident, even though there is evidence of how Mr. Zimmerman felt about young blacks in the neighborhood, and what might have motivated him to continue into that confrontation.
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There is zero credible evidence that Zimmerman initiated the confrontation. Those who claim that Martin reacted from fear of Zimmerman refuse to accept the reality that Martin had four minutes to go the short distance to where he was staying. He chose not to do this. Then, by virtue of the physical evidence, it is apparent that Martin was the one who initiated the physical confrontation. Finally, after hearing Zimmerman's cries for help for over 45 seconds he had the opportunity to break the fight off under the presence of a third party (John Good) and he again chose not to avail himself of that out. Unfortunately, the responsibility of this tragedy falls on Martin.