That is a question I had. A few things makes me find Zimmerman’s story more plausible. You point out one of the reasons but I’ll add a few more.
1. This was not Zimmerman’s first call. He wasn’t new at this. There was no record of him trying to detain individuals he believed were suspicious prior so I find it unlikely he would change his behavior in this case especially given as you pointed out he was not in great shape and 6’ 2” Tayvon could’ve easily out ran him and gotten away.
2. Zimmerman has never been observed brandishing his weapon in a threatening way or even showing it off. There is no evidence I’ve seen that he did not take his job and his responsibility very seriously. Again there is no history of altercations and his made very many calls without incident.
3. The back of his head was bloody and his nose was broke and at least one eye witness said they observed Trayvon attacking Zimmerman and others said they heard someone screaming which we now find out was Zimmerman not Trayvon.
4.The police did handcuff and take Zimmerman in and interview him and took statements from several witnesses and found no reason to charge him. I don’t see any police dept turning a murderer they caught red handed lose if they believed he just killed a young man any young man so this suggests that they had good reason to accept Zimmerman’s account of events.
There is just no reason to doubt Zimmerman’s account and the more we find out the more his version of events is supported. The irony is those who are most ready to lynch Zimmerman seem driven by some kind of weird race justice.
I hate that Trayvon got shot but if he jumped Zimmerman as Zimmerman was headed towards his SUV to leave and proceeded to beat the crap out of him and then when he noticed Zimmerman’s gun in the waste band tried to grab it then George Zimmerman was entirely justified in defending himself.
Zimmerman if he did try to forcibly detain Tayvon and that can be shown then he should be charged but I will be surprised if that is found to be the case. Zimmerman has no record of trying to be a badass. People like that do not behave as Zimmerman has. He is behaving like a man that got caught up in a series of events that he regrets ever being a part of and if that is true and all the George Zimmerman did was try to be a good neighbor and then had to defend himself from a misguided Teen who decided to attack him and tried to grab his gun then the media owes him an apology.
They need to get stuff out and head this off because there whipping a lynch mob now...
And at some point ...IF.. and I say if...the real facts turn out Zimmerman has done nothing wrong that he did just defend himself after getting jumped and beaten...it will not matter to the mob they will not listen