“Florida’s stand your ground law allows people who feel threatened by death or serious injury to respond with deadly force...”
Stand Your Ground, obviously, and is part of this story because people want to kill it. But as I’ve said before, Simmerman wouldn’t need to assert it. If Martin was on top of him as he’s said, a witness appears to corroborate, and the medical report apparently backs up, regular-old self-defense applies. You can’t very well retreat if someone’s pinning you down.
That isn't self defense.
The injuries George and Treyvon received are consistent with George being fearful for his life if the fight continued - but they do not determine who initiated the confrontation.
All posters saying this proves that Treyvon started the fight.... how?
If the case continues it will be based upon who started the fight to establish self defense - not who was losing the fight.