“I would not have shot and killed Trayvon Martin”
So the author would have allowed Trayvon to beat him to death?
Why, yes, Trayvon would have beaten the author to death. After all, the author would have DESERVED it, for dissing young Trayvon in the first place.
This was not “stand your ground”. The fact is, Zimmerman had nowhere to retreat TO, so retreat was absolutely not an option.
Resist an unrelenting attack, or die. Now Trayvon, he had several perfectly good opportunities to retreat himself, but did he take advantage of even one?