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In reply to the discussion: FL Attorney: Zimmerman legal team expected to request immunity hearing, could result in "game over" [View all]Mairead
(9,557 posts)namely that
- Trayvon was behaving in a perfectly ordinary, lawful, non-threatening way, and
- Zimmerman was armed and confrontational though he had no reason to accost Trayvon (the dispatcher had tried to discourage him),
...it would be truly horrifying if Zimmerman were allowed to walk. That would be true even if it were proven (how?) that Trayvon struck the first blow.
Any normal Black teenager innocently going about his lawful business would have every reason to fear a armed White man in Florida approaching and aggressively questioning him. I can imagine Trayvon trying to ignore him and continue on home, Zimmerman grabbing his arm, and Trayvon hitting out in an attempt to escape the lunatic. Any sensible judge would picture much the same scene, I believe.