[Rooivalk]

So...Zimmerman should have just laid down and let himself be beat??? to a pulp? or worse?

I have asked others this question and I ask you: What crime did Zimmerman observe that caused him to make the decision to pursue Martin?

Zimmerman's vague story about seeing someone "acting suspiciously" is not grounds for accosting a person walking down a street.

But this "acting suspiciously" thing is what set in motion the chain of events that led to a death of an unarmed person

All this being beaten to a pulp and other hyperbole we see being thrown around is just stuff that happened after the fact of Zimmerman's decision to "pursue"

[goodnesswins]

Ever lived in a neighborhood with an association? We ALL watch out for UNUSUAL stuff....no, we don’t walk around with guns, but we don’t live in Sanford FL either, or where there is high crime. Why would a 17 yr old kid go attack the guy? That’s MY question. Just because he was looking at him? Wondering what he was doing there? There’s MORE to this story, and I think you know that. All the “evidence” is Not out there yet...or ... maybe you think it is.

[NEMDF]

From what I read, there had been 8 or 9 burglaries/break-ins in the apartment complex area in the past several months. So it is not out of the question that he would be concerned about someone “acting suspiciously”, in whatever connotation that has. It sounds like George was interested in keeping their neighborhood/complex area safe and in having a presence (along with others?) to discourage criminals from lurking there.