There is no disputing the fact Zimmerman got out of his vehicle to chase Martin BECAUSE he was armed, NOT because he found Martin suspicious.
BS!
This is not something you can show at all.
The encounter would NOT have taken place if Zimmerman would have waited for SPD.
Doesn't matter.
Trayvon was the one who confronted and acted out violently. Zimmerman responded to that. That is what matters.
Trayvon Martin was a teenager being followed at night walking home with skittles and iced tea.
Your narrative is off.
Trayvon was a young adult who was returning to the place in which he was staying with some skittles and an Arizona Watermelon drink, who got caught looking into homes that he had no business looking into.
George Zimmerman exited his vehicle armed with a deadly weapon looking for this teenager walking home armed with skittles and iced tea.
More narrative spin. Figures.
Zimmerman got out of his vehicle to ascertain where the suspicious person he had called the police on had gone. He just happened to be armed.
Per George Zimmerman's Hannity interview, he did not believe Martin was armed before getting out of his vehicle. Hannity asked him straight up, "Did you believe he was armed?" Zimmerman replied, "no".
Doh! :doh Really matters not to Trayvon acting out violently.
Using Cold.Hard.Facts., we can determine Zimmerman acted irrationally because he was armed and clearly on "higher ground", so to speak:
- Zimmerman got out of his vehicle because he was armed. He believed Martin was unarmed.
- Zimmerman did not return to his vehicle because he was armed. He did not "need" to, having an "ace up his sleeve".
- Zimmerman did not need to address Trayvon Martin's concern of being followed because he was armed. Why would he need to answer to a ****ing punk?
Wrong!
Doesn't mater if he got out of his vehicle to get an address and later decided to try and get eyes on the suspicious person, or even if he got out of his vehicle specifically to get eyes on the suspicious person he had called the police about. These actions are not illegal, nor are they inappropriate.
Zimmerman was prevented from returning to his vehicle by Trayvon's attack.
And yet he did answer Trayvon's question, didn't he?
The prosecution will prove Zimmerman's actions, not Martin's, led to the altercation. They will show Zimmerman, not Martin, was unreasonable and reckless.
Guilty of murder 2.
Accept the inevitable.
:doh
:lamo
The prosecution is unable to prove any such thing.
the fact is he followed with a gun.
:naughty
The fact is, he just happened to be armed.
Did he have a gun when he followed a shoplifter?
1. Another case of Zimmerman being reckless, good job pointing it out.
2. If Zimmerman had been armed, would he have shot and killed the shoplifter?
You are being absurd.
It shows that he will follow regardless of having a gun.
Did he have a gun when he pulled two police off of his friend?
1. Another case of Zimmerman being reckless, well done.
2. Would Zimmerman have shot and killed those officers messing with his friend?
More absurdity on your part.
This and the one above shows that he did not need a gun for any infusion of confidence.
Please point to any witness account which proves Zimmerman WAS defending himself
More absurdity.
There are two witness accounts that specifically puts him on the bottom in the defensive position.
His account says aas much and more. And the injuries support it.
You are being ridiculous.
1. Witnesses heard two people arguing. Your make believe "assault and battery" had to have occurred <after> the conversation.
Wtf?
Conversation?
There was no conversation.
Witnesses heard what they believed to be arguing. That does not means that is what was happening. Or do you not know that?
For all you know, Trayvon speaking out angrily and aggressively towards Zimmerman, and Zimmerman calling for help is exactly what they heard, and described as an argument.
2. Defending oneself from a shady guy following you in the dark with a gun =/= assault and battery.
Which is not what happened.
Trayvon laid in wait. Waited until Zimmerman's back was to him before he attacked. That is not defending oneself, but attacking.
Witnesses and evidence will show Zimmerman guilty of the crime(s)he is charged with. There is no other option.
Wrong!
2. GZ's injuries are so minor a reasonable person would not believe he shot and killed TM in self defense
Actually they were not that minor. Nor do they matter to his response. As anybody getting their head slammed into the ground would reasonably believe their life was threatened.
And with Trayvon going for Zimmerman's gun with the stated intent of murdering him, it is highly unlikely that a jury would think that his response was not reasonable or justified.
