You should read the article. The only witness to give an account on how the fight started contradicts that.
The Witness: George Zimmerman
Zimmerman told them he lost sight of Trayvon and was walking back to his SUV when Trayvon approached him from the left rear, and they exchanged words.As posters here have declared it is not a crime to approach someone from behind. It is also not an attack to exchange words.Trayvon asked Zimmerman if he had a problem. Zimmerman said no and reached for his cell phone, he told police.
However of onw of the participants then attempts to draw something from his pocket, the other may under SYG regard that as a threat to his life and punch the drawer in the nose and even slam his head into the sidewalk until it is clear that the slammee is not drawing a weapon.
If Zimmerman was lying and actually attempting to draw his pistol, the situation is unchanged.
Agree with your points. Reaching for a cell phone? Would Zimmerman admit reaching for his gun? No. That reaching motion triggered the response.
You apparently have not read the article. The witness is NOT Zimmerman. The witness is the man who made a 911 call reporting the attack. He watched this attack and a report was taken by police that night. There were other witnesses as well. You accuse Zimmerman of LYING with n basis in fact. You misstate what the article actually says. AND most egregious you appear to be defending an attacker who viciously beat another human being.
What in the hell is wrong with you?
You are very mistaken in your understanding of the facts and what that entitles one to do and under what law/statute. Such a mistaken belief can get you into a world of trouble.
One may NOT reasonably believe that a person reaching into a pocket means anything entitling them to use deadly force or punch them out, much less straddle them and bash their head into a concrete sidewalk.
Think about it, a person reaches into their pocket and pulls out a cell phone and you blast them. Do you honestly believe that your mistaken belief that they were going for a gun will get you off? It won’t. You are going to jail. The same holds true for swinging on someone in the same circumstances. Your mistaken belief does not shield you from your bad actions.
This was clear cut self defense and SYG (stand your ground) does not even apply. The only reason that SYG is in the news is becasue the liberal media is using it to fool the gullible into accepting an agenda.
SYG simply means that lawful citizens no longer are placed at a disadvantage when protecting themselves from SBI (serious bodily injury) they no longer have to try to flee from those trying to harm them before they can defend themselves. It is an operation of law that allowed for the further victimization of a victim of a violent attack when they dared to defend themselves.
In this case, if SYG was not the law Zimmerman would have had to stay pinned on the ground (by the aggressor) getting his head bashed in becasue he could not flee first before attempting to defend himself from being beaten to death.