NOBODY knows what ANYBODY thought....the evidence backs Zimmerman.
“Nobody knows....”
Exactly. That is why it is imperative that to stay out of jail one must act in such a way that there is no doubt about what you are doing.
Zimmerman put himself in a position that leaves too much unch uncertainty.
Not everytime, but too many times, when there is doubt the shooter will end up in court.
So now he is at the mercy of a DA that craves public attention and a very tough judge.
Around the end of WWII there was a local case where a huge guy was beating the crap out of a guy who was about half his weight. The difference was something like 140 lbs against 250.
The litle guy pulled a pistol and shot the big guy. I can’t remember if he killed him. Too long ago.
But I do remember that the shooter got a really stiff sentence....years in prison.
And the judge ripped him up one side and down the other during his sentencing. Among other things, called him a coward, afraid to fight.
Smart people try hard to avoid trouble. Dumb go looking for it....unless they are cops.
Zimmerman is proof of that for all but the stupid to see.
Whether he was legal or not his life is ruined. If he stays out of jail he will be in civil court for years and in civil court the plaintiff has a lot more freedom in what he can claim than the DA has in criminal court.