Judge will allow past Zimmerman calls to police as evidence in murder trial

[magical thyme]

102. when I took karate, we learned not to go for the knockout punch

(which is essentially why OJ walked. the knockout punch missed) but go for the death of a thousand cuts. This is potentially a decent cut, or 5.

They have him as the local busybody crackpot calling the police every time a garage door was left open or someone was "loitering," (and possibly with a pattern of calling about young black men, which would suggest profiling).
They have the watch person saying they were instructed not to follow or investigate or engage, but to observe and report.
He declined joining the C.O.P.S., but that would have left him without his gun and possibly with more rigorous oversight.
They have the 9/11 dispatcher saying he didn't need to follow.
They have him on tape admitting he didn't wait at the place where he said he would meet the police.
They have him on tape admitting he followed.
They have him on tape contradicting himself.

It is still very early to see the specifics of story they are building. I am more concerned about the jury.

And the defense must prove he had no reasonable escape route, when his easiest escape was to not follow and not engage to start with.