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Didn’t the black kid have a right to fight back when being followed. He wasn’t doing anything illegal (as said by the police). In his mind he was just being followed by a guy. Who then got out of his car to continue to follow him. Florida law actually would cover the black kid more than it covers Zimmerman. If someone was following my wife like that and then got out of his car and started following her even more. I’d want her to fight back.

Thank you for being someone with sense on this thread. The boy was minding his own business. He was going home after a trip to the store and talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone. He wasn't pursuing Zimmerman. It wasn't until Zimmerman started pursuing him that he tried to get away. Zimmerman saw the results of his own actions as proof of his inaccurate, perhaps drunk, and certainly racist (the a-hole and effing coons comments) imagination.

I've told my kids the first thing they do is to try to get away. Go to somewhere safe. If they cannot do that and someone who is following them closes in, then they are justified in doing whatever they have to do to protect themselves, including physical violence. They have no choice but to assume that such a person poses a risk to their lives and should act accordingly. If the boy had been able to wrest the gun from Zimmerman and had shot him dead, the act would have been deemed one of self-protection and Zimmerman would have been called a fool for disregarding the instructions of 911 personnel, the guidelines of Neighborhood Watch, common sense, and would have been described as his own worst enemy.

I've told my kids the first thing they do is to try to get away. Go to somewhere safe.

I wish that Trayvon had followed your advise. The altercation occurred less than 100 feet from the residence where he was staying.

Trayvon Martin was 6 foot 3 inches tall and a high school athlete. I think he could have outrun George Zimmerman, who appears a bit overweight.

Zimmerman says he was already on his way back to the truck when the kid attacked HIM.

I have no idea what happened, and neither do you. Why don't we wait to see what happens at trial, if there is to be a trial?

If the local prosecutor chooses not to pursue the case, (which could happen) then Holder may still have the option of bringing a Civil Rights case against Zimmerman.

This entire thread points out an interesting difference between our legal system and its English parent. In Britain, Zimmerman would never be brought to trial at this point because of the coverage given the case in the national media.

The case is being tried everywhere but in court. Which is exactly the way the Administration would prefer it until they can act.