Zimmerman - embedded digital info in photo shows it taken 3 minutes after shots recorded in 911 call

[Lizzie Poppet]

35. Point by point:

(1) firstly, he did not stalk Martin. Stalking is a repeated act. This was a once-off following.

The term "stalking" has multiple definitions. I was using the one associated with pursuing a quarry.

(2) If Martin hit first would that make him the aggressor?

In my estimation, probably not...but it depends very much on the exact circumstances of the confrontation. We don't have all of those details. But there are several plausible possibilities within which I think it would have been reasonable for Martin to have struck first.

(3) If his head was being pounded into concrete, Zimmerman could be in reasonable fear of grievous harm. If he was under Martin, he could have no path to retreat. All these are elements of self-defense.

I concur. In that circumstance, Zimmerman's resort to deadly force would have at least partially exculpatory justification. Not, IMO, enough to fully exonerate him, since the entire altercation was his doing, but possibly enough to downgrade the severity of the charge.