[Verginius Rufus]

Zimmerman profiled him for the way that he was acting, not his race, but the judge has not allowed any evidence to be introduced on Trayvon's prior conduct to show that Zimmerman had very good reason to be suspicious of what Trayvon was up to.

Maybe Trayvon attacked because he had seen something he wanted inside one of the townhouses and knew with the neighborhood watchman observing him, that he couldn't break in and take it.

[tacticalogic]

Zimmerman profiled him for the way that he was acting, not his race, but the judge has not allowed any evidence to be introduced on Trayvon's prior conduct to show that Zimmerman had very good reason to be suspicious of what Trayvon was up to.

Given that GZ didn't know Trayvon, the past conduct wouldn't give GZ any additional reason to be suspicious of him. But it would demonstrate Trayvon's predisposition to want to settle disagreements with his fists, and DD's testimony shows he wasn't happy about being watched. The lends credence to GZ's assertion that Trayvon started the fist fight.