“no matter how clear cut a case of self-defense it was, that you will be put in handcuffs at the scene, arrested, and treated by the authorities like a criminal.”
I would not call Zimmerman’s case a “clear cut case of self-defense.” It’s only “clear cut” is you take his word on everything, which the criminal justice system will not do in the case where there is someone who’s dead.
It’s pretty hard not to take his word...he’s on the phone with 9-11, got smashed up from the fight. This is hardly someone looking to shoot someone.