[Rooivalk]

>All this noise about “Martin beat up Zimmerman” is a DIRECT RESULT of Zimmerman’s aggressive actions AFTER he decided to become a policeman instead of a Neighborhood Watch. What aggressive actions? Did he throw a punch? Wave a gun? Shove someone? No. He followed someone. That’s not aggression in the real world, just in your imagination.

Once Zimmerman chose to go beyond his duties as Neighborhood Watch and leave his vehicle on foot, he became the aggressor

Zimmerman was not a policeman. You seem to not be able to understand that. He had NO RIGHT or authority to approach Martin or anyone else on a street and say or do ANYTHING.

And to make matters worse he was warned over the phone not to follow Martin. Seems pretty clear cut.

[drbuzzard]

>Once Zimmerman chose to go beyond his duties as Neighborhood Watch and leave his vehicle on foot, he became the aggressor

You have a completely twisted definition of aggressor. Zimmerman didn’t do anything aggressive. He followed someone. Following someone isn’t aggressive.

>Zimmerman was not a policeman. You seem to not be able to understand that. He had NO RIGHT or authority to approach Martin or anyone else on a street and say or do ANYTHING.

Did I say he was a policeman? No, so drop the strawman.

Let me explain something simple to you in the hope you will grasp it. Following someone isn’t aggression. That’s all Zimmerman did.

And what is this nonsense that Zimmerman had no right to approach or speak to Martin?!? Are you saying I can’t walk up to someone on the street in my neighborhood and talk to them if I choose? What country do you think you are in?

>And to make matters worse he was warned over the phone not to follow Martin. Seems pretty clear cut.

Once again, you are assuming the word of a police dispatcher carries any legal weight. It’s a suggestion. That’s all.

Let me ask the actual question that matters- who started the violence? You know the answer. Martin started throwing punches, and that’s what really matters.