How many more thugs do you want walking down your street in your neighborhood before you decide to do something?
Be careful in your answer. I live in that situation now.
It sounded to me as though Zimmerman could have avoided the altercation. At this point he probably wishes he had.
Of course the facts will come out - but do we know the guy was a thug? He had candy and pop and apparently was unarmed. Although with the hoodie he probably looked like a thug. Also sounds as though maybe the “kid” didn’t react well either.
Time will tell.