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7. well, according to Zimmerman
Fri May 18, 2012, 11:20 AM
May 2012

what happened after that was that he started walking back to his truck and then Trayvon jumped out of the bushes and hit him.

Having somebody follow you is simply not always a threat to your life, In fact, most of the time, it is not.

It's a funny sort of double standard at play here. Trayvon gets to fight for his life because he is being followed, but Zimmerman does not get to fight for his life when he has somebody on top of him punching him.

In this case, we blame the (supposed) assualt victim. "He got out of his truck, he was asking for it."

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