Here's my problem. Can someone explain why Martin would attack Z if Z was doing nothing wrong?

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52. the friend on the phone is not really evidence

not in the same way that the tape is evidence.

She said vs. the tape said.

Tapes don't misremember things. Tapes cannot make things up.

But take her at her word. Trayvon "lost the guy" and then what? Just started sauntering home very nonchalant. Didn't keep looking behind to see if the guy was back on his tail? That does not sound very frightened. If you are frightened you take more care for your safety. Put even more distance between yourself and your pursuer. Do not relax until you are safely home.

But Trayvon is confident, just now walking along, chatting on the phone and Zimmerman sneaks up on him. Finds him, and closes the 100 yard gap somehow without making a sound. Walks really fast? Or runs? If he walks, how does he close that gap? If he runs, how does he do so without making the sound of feet slapping the pavement (he runs in the grass, he's clever, that one) and/or heavy breathing? Trayvon, who is supposedly afraid, just walks along chatting on the phone and does not hear Zimmerman catching up to him, and never thinks to look over his shoulder.

That story seems like a stretch to me. And even if Zimmerman does find and catch up to Trayvon somehow, Trayvon could just as easily be annoyed as scared. Like what the fudge is this guy's problem? I am gonna pound his a$$. And at that point chooses to hit him rather than try to outrun him.

I would like some facts though. At least a couple facts that never seem to be told. Simple distances which should be easy to measure.
1. distance between Zimmerman's car and Trayvon's house
2. distance between Zimmerman's car and where Trayvon died
3. distance between where Trayvon died and his house.

As Somerby often says though "facts play almost no part in our discourse" Our discourse is about narrative.