Self defense? You honestly think this kid attacked this guy?
I do not have all the evidence. None of us does. The police say the physical evidence is consistent with George Zimmerman's story. It seems more likely to me that Zimmerman was attacked than that he attacked.
I see that he is being lynched in the press without any real evidence.
Do you honestly think this guy just shot Trayvon without being attacked?
What this comes down to, I think, is whose story do you believe?
Young men between 15 and 25 tend to be very aggressive.
Trayvon was suspended from school for a week. That is why he was in that development with his father. Maybe he was suspended for drawing a picture of a gun. I do not know. His father refuses to tell anyone why he was suspended.
I know that lots of people have been attacked by young men for "looking at them wrong" or "disrespecting them".
Again, the only story that we have is George Zimmerman's. The police say that it is consistent with the physical evidence. We may not torture Zimmerman to make him change his story.
Zimmerman could have been aggressive and provoked Martin. There is just no evidence to show it.
“Self defense? You honestly think this kid attacked this guy?”
It’s quite possible the kid might have thrown the first punch, which would be the prudent thing to do when a stranger dressed in street clothes who has 100 pounds on you follows you in his car and then gets out and approaches you. A lot of men, myself included, would probably perceive Zimmerman as a threat and hit him as he approached. THAT is self defense.
Initiating a conflict with an unarmed kid when specifically instructed not to do so by police, and then shooting the kid is NOT self defense, it’s murder.