I understand that he was attacked and he defended himself in a legal manner, I’m just saying he could have played it smarter.
Here’s what I think happened: Trayvon saw Z checking him out and it angered him. At some point, instead of going home, Trayvon decided he was going to kick Zimmerman’s butt. When the opportunity arrived, he pounced on Z. Trayvon apparently didn’t count on Z having a gun. Whopps!!
One thing I wonder, though. Had Z not had a gun, would he still have had the guts to get out of his car? My guess is no.
Let’s keep doing this thought experiment for the heck of it and assume Z would still have got out of his car even without a gun and that he was attacked in the same manner. Do you think Trayvon would have beat Z to death right there on that sidewalk?...or was he just going to give him a good a$$-kicking? I bet he was just going to give Z a good-old-fashioned beat dowwn.
But that’s all speculation, isn’t it?
Trayvon was going MMA on Z and Z did what any reasonable person would have done in the same situation. In my opinion, this is a classic case of self defense...which could have been avoided if Z had played it smarter.
I think every one of your speculations is 100% plausible
GZ might not have gotten out of his car without the gun
TM might be alive if he walked up and said “hello”
I would bet good money TM told Rachel he was going to kick some creepy white cracka’ ass for following him before he put his phone in his pocket, and I bet even more she told him to go for it