Under FLA's Stand Your Ground Law, An African American Man Can Shoot Zimmerman

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35. It's not about 'feeling threatened', as much as *some* media has been portraying it as such.

http://law.onecle.com/florida/crimes/776.012.html
[div class='excerpt']776.012 Use of force in defense of person.

A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other's imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if:
(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; or

(2) Under those circumstances permitted pursuant to s. 776.013.

If Zimmerman grabbed Martin, or started a physical confrontation, or pulled a gun without justified cause- basically actions that would give a reasonable person cause to believe that imminent death or great bodily harm was imminent- then Martin would have been justified in using deadly force against Zimmerman.