You could very well be right; I don’t know. Still, it doesn’t argue against my key point. Zimmerman DID allow the situation to get out of hand, to escalate way beyond what it should have.
I won’t claim to be the expert here on Neighborhood Watch procedures; far from it. All I know is....if you have a weapon strapped to your body and you go out to reconnoiter, guard, protect, watch, whatever you want to call it....be very, VERY careful. Keep your distance, use that cell phone, press 911 if necessary, and be prepared to protect yourself, others, etc. until the cops come...but do not deliberately insert yourself into a confrontation where someone could get killed.
Someone got killed here.
It was speculation and a hunch.
I figure Martin would not have started beating him about the head while Zimmerman was on his back, if Zimmerman already had the weapon in his hand to begin with. That would seem very unlikely. Hence, he likely pulled and shot Martin while calling for help as he was being being beaten.
Agree, Zimmerman probably should have kept his distance, but I understand, Martin approached Zimmerman. Again, Martin likely would not have approached/attacked Zimmerman if Zimmerman already had the gun in his hand. This would seem very unlikely.
Just a hunch.