"unlawful threat by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.
Zimmerman getting out of his car is not an act of violence nor is it a threat or an act that creates well-founded fear.
You’d be correct if Zimmerman kept himself in position of observation only.
Zimmerman himself said that he was going to go after Martin. Those are Zimmerman’s own words. I take the man at his word on that point. I can only assume that Zimmerman went after Martin, as he said he would.
Martin, not doing anything unlawfully and not knowing who Zimmerman is, could only assume that he was threatened by Zimmerman, because Zimmerman had no reason to approach Martin at all.
Are you going to ignore Zimmerman’s call to the operator that Martin was trying to get away Zimmerman wasn’t going to allow that to happen? I don’t know how you can possibly interpret aggression, on the part of Martin, from that.
As I said, only a stupid person would wait to see what another person acting irrational wants, especially if there’s the possibility the irrational person might be armed.
Seriously, if you weren’t armed and the other person might be, and was acting irrational because you don’t know who this person is, are you really going to wait and see what this person wants? Are you really going to take a chance and see if this person doesn’t mean you harm?
Are you really going to do that?