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In reply to the discussion: So do you think Zimmerman should have just took his ass whoopin'? [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)(if indeed it happened that way) rather than KILL the kid.
He did ask for it. He could have gone to Walmart without doing anything - then the kid ends on on the couch at home drinking iced tea. His life goes on.
He could have let the cops handle it after they called him. Then the kid ends up harassed by cops for doing nothing and eventually back home. His life goes on.
He could have just followed the kid home at a long distance and seen that he indeed just lived in that neighborhood and was doing nothing wrong. The kid's life goes on.
Whatever confrontation did occur, he had several chances to back away or halt the confrontation. The cops get there and defuse it. The kid's life goes on, even if he gets arrested for assaulting his attacker (likely in that situation.).