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(57,596 posts)1. His own phone call to the police (posted everywhere)
2. Accusations that he was a little overzealous, to put it mildly about his vigilantism especially when people of a certain color were around (miami herald)
3. His history of four dozen calls to the police everytime he hears a twig snap (sanford PD's site)
4. His statement given to police that night -- Hasn't been released yet, because I promise you it will sink Zimmerman like a goddamned anvil since his 'official' story will be debunked in 10 seconds
5. No account whatsoever, even from those stumblebum cops, that Martin was doing anything illegal (and by "illegal," I mean a real crime committed against a person, not some bullshit "trespassing" just because he cut across someone's lawn)
I could go on...And I could refer you to the ongoing thread in the Af'ram forum where I've dumped a bunch of news links and commentary, but you're missing the point because the 'SYG' law is kind of a red herring...The legal burden idoesn't start with trying to prove who started fighting with first...The legal burden starts with Zimmerman proving why he started following Martin and called police; (you know, since he was so diligent in his responsibilities and "duties"
because if that intention was based on spurious or knowingly false pretenses, then NOTHING Zimmerman did from that point forward can be justified, unless Martin physically pulled him out of his truck and started bombing on him...