Travyon’s parents propose “Trayvon Martin Amendment” to self defense law

[MillennialDem]

87. Again it's about a sum total of parts, not individual actions. I can yell "Hey fatty" at someone

and they would not have justification for violence.

My mother who divorced my dad probably would though. His favorite thing before beating her was to call her fatty (even though she wasn't fat other than during pregnancy, and he was fat). So if after they were divorced if they bumped into each other and he yelled "hey fatty" she probably would have justification to use violence on him (not on anyone else who happened to call her fatty though).

And it isn't really intently looking vs staring, it's doing either WHILE slowly following me in your truck. That alone is certainly not enough to justify violence by the reasonable person standard, but if some dude did that to me and I ran away and he still caught up with me and started yelling at me, I believe I would feel reasonably threatened and do the same thing as TM. And I'd consult my lawyer before saying anything, though I'd probably say something to the effect of he put his hands on me and told me to S his D