How are so many missing the biggest claim Zimmerman made about the shooting

[JDPriestly]

23. I don't agree.

following someone down a sidewalk doesn't give that person the right to beat you up.

Following someone down a sidewalk in the dark can very well give that person the right to beat you up.

Zimmerman didn't just follow Trayvon Martin down the street. Before he did that he called the police and reported Trayvon Martin as acting suspiciously, as running away (as if Martin shouldn't have run when he noticed Zimmerman there with a phone in his hand staring at him?)

No. It depends on how you follow someone down the street, why you follow someone down the street. It depends on a lot.

Zimmerman's big advantage in the trial will be that only he survived to tell his story. And because of that, I would not want to try to guess the outcome.

Zimmerman said he wanted to find out where Martin had gone and followed him for that reason. But the dispatcher (or whatever he was) that was on the phone with Zimmerman specifically told him that he did not need to do that.

The outcome of the case in the trial court cannot be predicted, but if the prosecutor knows his job, Zimmerman faces a battle. That's for sure.

And Zimmerman's life will never be the same no matter what happens. Think about OJ. After his trial, his life never returned to "pleasant" or "normal" or "good."

Having killed an unarmed, innocent kid, whether you are convicted of it or not, is going to be a tough burden for Zimmerman to bear no matter what happens.