Jimmy Carter: Zimmerman jury got it right

[Hassin Bin Sober]

16. We know a confrontation happened.

There is no evidence TM was doing anything wrong.

TM was minding his own business.

TM was legally justified to be where he was.

There is evidence TM was apprehensive, fearful or whatever you want to call it, of being followed.

So you have two people legally within their rights to be in the same place at the same time. You have evidence one caused the other apprehensiveness. You know a confrontation happened.

You know who actively initiated the confrontation by their own actions by exiting their vehicle.

You know one was armed and the other wasn't. The unarmed one, a minor BTW, is dead.

Pro gun people talk all the time about the extra responsibilities a CCW brings. I submit actively avoiding getting in to fist fights with 17 year old boys should be one of those responsibilities. In other words, jumping out of your car in the dark when it's raining to follow a 17 year old boy is a bad idea when you are armed. Especially since you are in cell phone contact with the police and no one's life or limb is in clear and present danger.

I'm off to work.