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but those condemning Zimmerman and insisting he initiated physical contact are conjuring that data from thin air too.

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My point exactly...both variations are based on pure speculation.

For every theory in one direction, such as....

" From what has come out, Zimmerman lost sight of Martin and headed back to his vehicle. Only an idiot would think that Zimmerman initiated physical contact with a larger young stud than himself while carrying a concealed weapon."...

There is one that says...

We know that Martin ran away from a grown stranger, an act of avoidance, why would he change his mind and attack? - and - How do we know that Zimmerman was going back to his truck? He had already told the dispatcher where it was and then modified his directions to request that the cops call him when they got there so he could tell them where he was...

I could come up with multiple plausible scenarios, all based on what we know, that have Zimmerman still looking for Martin. It wouldn't make me popular here but they would all be as valid as any of the 'Martin turned attacker' scenarios that people swear are true.

Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain in a neighborhood where there had been recent burglaries. He sees an unknown person wandering around in the rain looking at houses. He reports the situation to the police and is expecting them to show up shortly. He wants to be able to tell them where the suspicious person is.

What has he done wrong?

If he's telling the truth (as it has been reported by his father and brother), he was attacked by someone who was threatening to kill him--and might have done so if the other guy had managed to get ahold of his gun. It's possible that he did not intend to fire the gun but it went off as Trayvon was trying to get it from him. I don't know that for sure but it is a possibility.

Why, if he was really defending himself from imminent danger of death, should he spend many years in prison just because Al Sharpton and Barack Obama decided to turn this event into a national news story?

As someone else has pointed out, since February 26, over 1,000 black Americans have been killed--by other black Americans. No one is making a lot of noise over them, and many of them probably have grieving relatives.

We know that Martin ran away from a grown stranger, an act of avoidance, why would he change his mind and attack?

If you're basing this comment on the initial call GZ made to the police then you're misconstruing what happened..perhaps intentionally.

As to why Martin would return and confront GZ a few minutes later, the answer seems obvious. A better question might be, if Martin were afraid for his safety why did he return at all?