That all may well be true - but I am concerned with the circumstances behind this particular case.
Prior bad acts do not concern current acts in question - if that were true, we would ALL be in jail.
The way the Stand Your Ground Act is currently written, Zimmerman was apparently [technically] within the law. It was originally written to cover only deadly force on one's own property - but was expanded to cover ANY area. That is the fault of the legislature.
If Zimmerman had a reasonable concern for his safety, then he was well within his rights to shoot.
As for his intimidation and carrying a firearm in violation of HOA rules, they can kick him off the Neighborhood Watch and/or out of the community entirely - if their rules allow it.
Zimmerman is the only person who knows how the confrontation first started. The only other person is an ear witness - Trayvon’s girlfriend. I would believe Trayvon’s girlfriend over Zimmerman. His history should be taken into account to judge the truthfulness of his story. He says he walked back to his car and was attacked, but I don’t believe that.
I believe Zimmerman put his hands on Trayvon first. I also don’t believe he backed off after 911 dispatcher told him to.
Zimmerman is the one with the history of being overzealous, wanting to detain people, putting his hands on people and not wanting people to get away. The 911 operator told him to back off, and his tone of voice he did not sound happy. He reminds 911 that “he ran” after being chastized for following him.
LOL, you are so full of it your hands must shake from laughing as you post.
You have such a tender, moist-eyed worry that the shooting wasn't justified? ROFL!
That's because when you read that Zimmerman was on the ground, screaming from help from the neighborhood and recorded on 911, with a bloody face and broken nose and Martin standing and still going for him... you thought... wait a minute, that doesn't QUITE sound like a situation where Zimmerman might have been afraid for his safety, or his life.
Yes, I can see your lips quiver with concern at that point, as your tender heart floods full of compassion for the scrapes Zimmerman's FACE left on Martin's hands as he beat him, and how that would make you insist on a full investigation, with your helpful imaginings of Zimmerman as a murderer, before you could be - gasp - "sure."
LOL, what a jackass you truly are.