What kind of person would think that Zimmerman had the right to...

[Nevernose]

145. Sure, why not?

Actually, let's say that no one really knows what happened for sure. We know that there are conflicting witnesses, some of which contradict each other and some of which contradict themselves.

The only version we have is from the big black guy. We know he has given multiple different stories to the police, changing each story as the facts came out. We know that he claims he was out for a walk, minding his own business, when a skinny white girl jumped out and attacked him for no reason, and that when it was revealed that there was a record of him calling 911, he changes the story to chasing the white kid.

911 becomes further complicated for this black man, because a child's screams of help are clearly heard. The man claims that they are his screams, but can offer no explanation as to why the cries were cut off when the gunshot was heard. He later goes on national television, the Al Sharpton show, to claim the child's last words were, "Ohh, you got me."

It should also be noted that in his first version to police, the hypothetical black man tells them that he was being smothered, that the white girl was covering his face mouth and nose; there was no mention of having his head smashed in the concrete. Someone, probably a lawyer, inquires as to how, if he felt his life was in danger from being smothered, he screamed for help. Naturally, this part of his story changes again.

Also, the white girl has been in a few fights in school and talks tough on the Internet. The black guy trains three days a week in mixed martial arts.

Of course, the black man denies medical attention. In fact, he feels so good that he goes to work the next day. They say he should get checked out by the doctor. His doctor says that he's just fine, hadn't suffered any injuries beyond minor cosmetic ones, and, in fact, wouldn't have even gotten the scratch on his head if he had a full head of hair. She does recommend to him that he see an ENT because his nose might be broken, but the black guy thought it was minor and so sought no medical attention.

So yeah, as long as the fact pattern matches up in my switched race/sex hypothetical, I'd think things looked pretty bad for the black guy. Of course, Zimmerman's not a black guy who shot a white girl.