George Zimmerman: God Is The 'Only Judge That I Have To Answer To'

[Tommy_Carcetti]

92. I was a 17 year old male once.

A while back, but not so long ago for me that I can't remember.

Sure, 17 year olds can make reckless choices, arguably moreso than a full grown adult. No one's denying that.

But here's the thing about that. Those reckless choices almost always come in situations where the 17 year old thinks he is invincible and where he is in control of the situation, and where there's no sense of pre-existing danger. In the 17 year old mind, if he's not in imminent danger of being hurt, his future actions preclude him from being hurt down the road as well.

So that's why 17 year olds might drink and drive or drive recklessly or shoot off fireworks at close vicinity (pleading the 5th there), etc.

But this was not your normal situation, for anyone.

Trayvon had no idea who George Zimmerman was that night. He had no idea why he was chasing him. Trayvon that night had done nothing wrong. He thought that Zimmerman could have been a predator. And when Zimmerman got out of his car, Trayvon didn't come toward Zimmerman; he ran from him. Clearly, he viewed Zimmerman as a threat that he didn't want to deal with.

That is a universal human reaction when one is in a dangerous situation. It doesn't matter if you are 17 or 70.

There is no logical explanation as to why someone who ran away from a stranger would then almost immediately change his mind and seek him out and attack him. None.