Thanks for the link.
John does not say he saw the start of the fight. He saw it in progress, with Martin on top.
He locked his patio door and ran up his interior stairs, called 911, heard a shot, went to the window, and saw Martin lying on the grass.
So he did not see the actual shooting and the point at which the battle turned, or see who was doing the yelling and screaming at that time.
I’m GUESSING that Zimmerman took a number of punches without drawing his gun, knowing that the police were on the way, but at some point he thought he was going to be seriously injured or killed before the police got there (head bashed into the sidewalk?)
But the legal question is still - who started the fight?
But the legal question is still - who started the fight?
You just negated your prior argument. The question that will be asked in court is who was fighting for their life and why didn't Martin leave the scene after he had knocked Zimmerman to the ground...but more importantly, why did Martin approach Zimmerman at all after Zimmerman was walking back to his vehicle.