Like the suspended youth being on top of him? If the cops go with that witness report, then it’s enough in Florida.
Apparently, on one of the 911 calls, Zimmerman is heard using a racial slur. I bet pretty soon he will be charged with a hate crime. Thank goodness the shooter isn’t white, or else the MSM would’ve had a field day. I do hope justice is served, somehow I don’t believe this Zimmerman character.
You can't just chase someone around with a gun and shoot them ~ not even in Florida.
If that is the case it looks like Mr. Zimmerman was defending himself.
Not necessarily. It depends who initiated the contact - if Zimmerman was the initial aggressor (in the words of the Florida statutes, if he "initially provoke[d] the use of force against himself"), he cannot then use deadly force and claim self-defense, even if Martin had the upper hand in the fight.
Also, if Zimmerman was the initial aggressor, that effectively nullifies the "Stand Your Ground" law (e.g., if he was the initial aggressor, then even if he was in imminent danger of death, he could not use deadly force unless he had first "exhausted every reasonable means to escape such danger")