Doesn’t really matter who started ‘the fight’. Who escalated it to the point of using potentially deadly force? Physical evidence shows that Mr. Martin WAS using ‘offensive’force that could have resulted in GBI and possible death to Mr. Z. Martin’s actions were terminated by the ‘defensive’ force of Mr. Zimmerman. The prosecution has to show that Mr. Zimmerman’s defensive action was ‘unreasonable’ given the circumstances. Showing Mr Zimmerman as the one who escalated to deadly ‘offensive’ action is not consistent with any physical evidence thus presented. Having stated the above, OJ was guilty of murder but......
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The way that “who started it” could enter the case is this: (1) If Zimmerman started it, and (2) if Zimmerman had an avenue of escape, then (3) he would be obligated by having started it, to escape. (The obligation of the initiator of a fight to escape if possible is not negated by “Stand York Ground”) Clearly, by reason of his story and as validated by numerous eye and ear witnesses, by the time that the fight reached its climax, there was no avenue of escape.