Is there a legal definition of “aggravated stalking”?
It is clear from Zimmerman’s phone call that Zimmerman didn’t know where Trayvon was and was afraid of him. It is clear from Trayvon approaching Zimmerman (rather than taking 2 minutes to walk home) - as both Trayvon’s girlfriend and Zimmerman said - that Trayvon was not afraid of Zimmerman.
When Zimmerman lost Trayvon and went to his pickup to go home the encounter initiated by Zimmerman was over.
The encounter that resulted in a death began when Trayvon approached Zimmerman. He asked why Z was following him. A reasonable question. Zimmerman asked him what he was doing in the neighborhood. Another reasonable question, which also answered why he was following him. To that point things were going as they should have. Nobody had any reason to be either afraid or violent at that point.
What happened after that is that somebody assaulted somebody else and a death resulted from the fight that followed. The only question that needs to be answered is who assaulted who, after Trayvon initiated that contact.
Unless the prosecutor can prove that Zimmerman threw the first punch or in some other way threatened Trayvon, she has no legal leg to stand on in making these charges.
Not clear to me. Where do you get this other than from Zimmerman's statement.
When Zimmerman lost Trayvon and went to his pickup to go home the encounter initiated by Zimmerman was over.
The encounter was not near Zimmermans truck. He made up the story that he was no longer following Trayvon to cover his ass.
The encounter that resulted in a death began when Trayvon approached Zimmerman. He asked why Z was following him.
Exactly. Zimmerman lied when he said he was not following Trayvon. What else is he lieing about?
Just presenting the other side.
Yep.