[dirtboy]

Yeah, I don't think the law applies to Zimmerman in this case since he was not clearly identifiable as being part of a neighborhood watch, as he had no shirt or hat conveying such. However, it does mean that those engaged in watching over the neighborhood do have legal protections under Florida law, and diminishes the arguments of some that Trayvon had special legal cause to be aggreived by being monitored by Zimmerman.

But I doubt the shysters will be put off by these concepts. They are too busy pretending a man with a Spanish-speaking Peruvian mother is not a true Hispanic and that bashing someone's head against the sidewalk is not potentially lethal force.

[Cboldt]

-- ... and diminishes the arguments of some that Trayvon had special legal cause to be aggreived by being monitored by Zimmerman. --

Well, the people who argue that Trayvon has some sort of legal protection are wrong. Clearly wrong. The law takes a VERY dim view of the person throwing the first punch, and being followed at a distance is certainly not justification for approaching that person and cold cocking them.

Trayvon was committing a felony. Would likely have been plead down to misdemeanor battery, had he survived.

And there are people, I agree, who think the battery law should be stricken so people have a right to hit first, out of being annoyed or angry.