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In reply to the discussion: Looking at the undisputed facts in the Zimmerman case and applying Zimmerman's original story [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(44,493 posts)Zimmerman said that he chased Travyon, lost Trayvon, then was walking back to his car. He then says that Trayvon snuck up and surprised him from behind by shouting, "You have a problem with me?" and that he replied, "No" and then Trayvon responded by saying, "Well you do now" and that he immediately started punching him at that point without further provocation.
You are answering your own question but you are too damn stupid to realize it. Under this scenario, Zimmerman didn't sufficiently provoke Trayvon to hit him, and Trayvon was acting like an aggressive lunatic.
Except there is nothing to suggest that Trayvon was prone to act like an aggressive lunatic.
So Zimmerman's story fails the BS meter from the get-go.
It's not that Zimmerman was right in the situation that he described, it's that Zimmerman was BSing the cops when he first told them the story. There may have been a physical confrontation and punches may have been thrown, including by Trayvon, but chances are that it didn't happen as Zimmerman first described it.
Which leads you to ask, why would Zimmerman lie to police? And I think there's a logical answer to that.....
(You remind me of the numbskulls that defend Allen West's actions in Iraq by claiming his shooting of a gun next to an unarmed detainee stopped a future planned attack against West's unit. Except that there was no future planned attack in the first place, so of course it would never happen.)