How about a reality check instead of wild speculation?
Trayvon’s home of record was Miami some 200 miles to the south. That’s 3 plus hours driving time. Additionally Trayvon’s school of record, also in Miami, had recently expelled him, for the third time.
Trayvon was in Stanford because his own mother had kicked her juvenile son out of her home for constantly fighting.
All of these established facts happened a few days (weeks?) prior to Trayvon’s encounter with George Z.
So a simple question - how could a total stranger know what had happened in Stanford weeks (month’s?) prior to his arrival.
Stop trying to justify what Trayvon did. It was an act of violence because he felt he had been ‘disd by George and, unfortunately, in his subculture the violent response was totally acceptable.
Sanford, not Stanford
We know Trayon had visited there several times in the past.
Shooting of Trayvon
I don't know how long he had been there this time. Or whether he'd had a chance to make friends there yet. Or whether he knew about the kid busted for the Laptop. But I bet he did.
Why else would he attack a security guard with no more provocation than the guy was watching him?
Why else would Trayvon attack someone he identified as a security guard?
And I bet Rachel Jeantel knows.
"People got the nerve to tell me why I ain't come to that funeral. I ain't put Trayvon at that funeral. I didn't put Trayvon in that casket," Jeantel said. "That's what people need to understand."
She knows more than she's telling and she might have even egged him on helping to put him at that funeral and in that casket.
“So a simple question - how could a total stranger know what had happened in Stanford weeks (month’s?) prior to his arrival.”
It seems simple enough that Chad might have brought given TM a run-down on local happenings, especially if related to people they knew, etc. That is offered in response to your question. I tend to support the simple explanation, that TM was tired of crackas crackin’ him everytime he lit up, and attacked GZ accordingly. In social media posts, TM had explained why he attacked some kid with “that N... snitched on me”.