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In reply to the discussion: FU, GZ..."Court docs: Trayvon Martin shooting 'ultimately avoidable by Zimmerman'" [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(44,481 posts)....I think the more natural reaction of the reasonable human being would try to evade the situation. Let's not forget he was only about 150 feet from home at the point.
But even if his reaction was to fight back to such a remark, it's probably reasonable such a reaction might be because a strange man has approached you and told you that you don't belong and that could be viewed as a threat of violence by Zimmerman, which could be met by reasonably percieved non deadly force (i.e. using one's fists). Even to this point and let's assume Trayvon did throw the first punch as a reaction to a percieved threat, before this was there any indication of a threat from Trayvon that Zimmerman could reasonably draw other than he was a young black male wearing a hoodie?