That is a totally plausible scenario.
And the clear lesson to CCW holders is that if you follow a “suspect,” the “suspect” might at some point pull a J-turn and confront you, the follower.
And then, what could have been an easy SD claim will go to the Grand Jury, because the act of following precipitated the entire sequence of events leading up to the shooting.
The Grand Jury will NOT (much as we wish) look only at the last ten seconds, but the entire sequence of events.
“Problem #2,” etc.
The fact that Zimmerman has injuries proves only that there was a fight. It proves nothing about who started it....
Nobody has to prove who "started it". You guys are speculating way too much about things you don't understand.
All that must be proven is that Zimmerman did not fear death or serious bodily injury from an attack by Martin.
This "precipitated" stuff is nonsense.
Well, as I laid out in my earlier post, I think it is a mischaracterization to say Zimmerman was in “pursuit.” And I think it’s important to make that clear, for just the reasons you state.
I agree he showed some poor judgment, but from all the available information, I don’t think he did anything really all that unreasonable. And I think, at the risk of sounding like I’m “blaming the victim,” that Martin also displayed poor judgment in choosing to confront Zimmerman instead of just going home.
And why, why, why, once they were face to face, didn’t they both just explain who they were and why they were there?