[Darren McCarty]

The one thing that I wonder about is this. Who initiated the contact, or in the alternative moved into "contact space" in an aggressive manner? "Following" can range from a distance to approaching someone from behind and gaining. How I respond would vary from a calm to a very aggressive counter-measure depending on how the "following" occurred.

While I don't practice crim law, I don't see 2nd degree based on what is public knowledge. Manslaughter (or no charges at all) I can see depending on how things sort out. I don't know the non-public information.

[wtc911]

The one thing that I wonder about is this. Who initiated the contact, or in the alternative moved into "contact space" in an aggressive manner?

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That is the thing that nobody but Zimmerman knows. Without an eyewitness (reliable) to give details nobody can say what they "know" happened. And, absent that I don't see how he can be convicted.

[mac_truck]

The one thing that I wonder about is this. Who initiated the contact, or in the alternative moved into "contact space" in an aggressive manner?

Logic dictates that it was Trayvon Martin who initiated contact. He had already approached Zimmerman in an aggressive manner once while Zimmerman was in his car. He had also ditched Zimmerman once so all he had to do was either go inside or keep on going if he felt threatened. What other reason would Trayvon Martin have for returning up the path toward Zimmerman's truck other than to confront him?