[marktwain]

You cannot start a fight and then say you feared for your life. Dang. The kid did not come up to the thug and drag him out of his car.

Traynor did not have to drag him out of the car to attack him. So far, we do not have any evidence that George did any more than follow him and talk to him before being attacked.

Is it possible that George Martin instigated the attack? Sure, it is possible. We simply do not have any evidence that it happened that way.

[org.whodat]

And neither do you, is george you friend, since you seem to be on first name terms with him. And you still do know know if your friend george was attack, but we do know your friend george made the first provoking move by getting out of his car.

[TXnMA]

As I understand it, Zimmerman stopped his car and got out and confronted the kid. If he'd stayed in the car and monitored the kid until LE arrived, he would have been in the right. His chosen actions appear to be clear escalation to me.

I know this septuagenerian isn't going to leave a safe car to confront a teen FTF -- and I'm always armed...