No mention of St Skittles intentionally initiating a physical confrontation when he could have walked away...
The prosecutor kept implying that Zimmerman started the fight. I wish just one of the witnesses would have said “I don’t know who started the fight. But I know who had a broken nose.” Then point out Martin could have walked away after he knocked Zimmerman on his ass.
I’m afraid the jurors are going to go the PC route. If they do I only wish the worst for them and their families. Zimmerman got a criminal off the streets. If he’s found guilty nobody will have the guts to go after the rest of the criminals. Thus nobody will be safe.
But, in ghetto culture, the worst thing you can do to someone is “diss” or disrespect them. Trayvon felt dissed by Zimmerman. So, the liberal view is that Zimmerman provoked Trayvon, even if Trayvon threw the first punch. And to ghetto dwellers, you have to react to being dissed with violence. That’s just part of Trayvon’s ghetto upbringing.
I haven’t heard anyone else describe it this way, but that’s part of what is going on here.