Because it seems to me that another fact is not in dispute.
Zimmerman's call to the police lasted about 4 minutes. At the two minute point on the call, Zimmerman says "sh*t, he's running". Then Zimmerman stays on the phone for another two minutes.
In those two minutes Trayvon could have walked the 300 feet home (if it was 300 feet, of that fact I am not sure, not having heard that it was measured). 300 feet is only 100 yards. It would take me no more than 15 seconds to run 100 yards at top speed (when I was 17 I could have done it in less than 12) I can walk a mile in at most twenty minutes, which is 17.6 times 100 yards. Meaning I can walk 100 yards in one minute and 8 seconds.
If the 300 feet is accurate, then it is beyond dispute that Zimmerman could not possibly have caught Trayvon, because Trayvon had a two minute head start.
Of course another thing is probably true. At least in my view, if you are being followed by some threatening person, you do NOT want to lead them to your home. You do NOT want them to know where you live. (In fact on Zimmerman's call, he does not want to give out his home address because he is worried Trayvon might be able to hear it (as he says "I don't know where this guy is"
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But it is usually easy enough to cut through a neighbor's yard (maybe all the way through) and slip in your own back door undetected.
As for your other speculation about what Trayvon would or would not do, whether he would attack Zimmerman as asserted. In my experience, there are many young males who are quite confident in their own ability to win a fight. And Zimmerman's injuries and position on the ground would tend to show that Trayvon was not wrong in thinking he could win a physical confrontation.
But if Trayvon did not hide, then how otherwise do you explain how Zimmerman catches him in a 300 foot race (or even a 300 yard race) when Trayvon has a two minute head start?
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