O'Mara: George Zimmerman will ask state to cover $200K-$300K of his legal bills

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111. Nobody has come close to proving GZ provoked the assault

GZ was tracking TM's whereabouts, at least before and during the 911 call. We have no evidence on how the confrontation went down or that GZ approached TM. All we know is that TM was beating the crap out of GZ and GZ was crying for help.

He was carrying a gun, which is unfortunately legal in much of the US.

No, he muttered "f*@king cold" most likely:

As claimed by GZ during the 911 call and afterwards, TM was slowly looking at houses in the rain. In his mind that was suspicious. GZ's known behavior didn't in any way constitute a reason for TM to brutally assault GZ. GZ was not engaging in a crime nor do we have any concrete evidence that he was a threat to TM.

GZ's claims are plausible, considering TM's past: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/26/2714778/thousands-expected-at-trayvon.html

In October, a school police investigator said he saw Trayvon on the school surveillance camera in an unauthorized area “hiding and being suspicious.” Then he said he saw Trayvon mark up a door with “W.T.F” — an acronym for “what the f---.” The officer said he found Trayvon the next day and went through his book bag in search of the graffiti marker.

Instead the officer reported he found women’s jewelry and a screwdriver that he described as a “burglary tool,” according to a Miami-Dade Schools Police report obtained by The Miami Herald. Word of the incident came as the family’s lawyer acknowledged that the boy was suspended in February for getting caught with an empty bag with traces of marijuana, which he called “irrelevant” and an attempt to demonize a victim.

Trayvon’s backpack contained 12 pieces of jewelry, in addition to a watch and a large flathead screwdriver, according to the report, which described silver wedding bands and earrings with diamonds.

TM enjoyed getting into a lot of fights, and he demonstrated his violent behavior by apparently attacking GZ. This probable unprovoked attack indicates that there is a good chance that GZ's suspicions were correct.