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In reply to the discussion: I am Sick of all the Zimmerman Defenders [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Trayvon Martin, that he suspected Trayvon Martin of something (being black, young and having something in his hands?). He then suggested that they always get away, and he wasn't going to let Trayvon get away.
Zimmerman says that he was just checking the address. The 911 operator had asked Zimmerman to meet the police at the mail boxes. Zimmerman knew that he had a gun. Armed with that gun , Zimmerman sought a confrontation with Trayvon.
Zimmerman might defend himself by claiming that he did not have the intention to kill. But why did he follow a person you he had never seen before when he head a gun? Wasn't he looking for a confrontation?
What could Trayvon have said when this strange man confronted him and asked him where he was going? It is aggressive to walk up to a person and ask them what they are doing. You just don't do that. Especially if they aren't doing anything remarkable.
Trayvon must have been terrified. I would have been. Regardless of what he did after Zimmerman met him on the path, Trayvon was not the initiator of the fight. Zimmerman initiated the fight by following Trayvon while armed.
A person with a gun should not follow another person. Not ever. Not unless they are a police officer of some sort.