re: #280 Obdicut

Everything that you’re saying is true, but that’s the point— if his injuries were not severe enough to need serious medical treatment, then they indicate the amount of damage he was sustaining and thus speak to the ‘reasonableness’ of him considering that he was in danger of dying or suffering a crippling injury.

I’ll agree with that, it does seem as though his injuries from the supposed altercation were minor and that his response (shooting) seems a disproportionate response.

But…if you were on your back in the grass with a painful wound to the back of your head (that you have no idea of how bad it is or isn’t), and a man was on top of you, fighting with you, and you were calling for help but no one was coming to your aid, and you had a gun, might you not use that gun to prevent yourself from being injured further? Keep in mind that this final confrontation, however it ultimately happened, all occurred in about a minute or less.

I do believe that Zimmerman is 100% at fault for this tragedy, he forced the confrontation by following and harassing Trayvon and given his mindset I believe that he most likely started the physical altercation with Trayvon, (although unfortunately there is no evidence to support this in court). But…there is evidence that a Physical altercation between the two did happen given the witness statements. Zimmerman can and has claimed that he was in fear for his life or of serious physical injury, at which point the shooting becomes sanctioned as self-defense.

Good luck on getting a jury in Sanford to say differently. This is going to be another of those cases that will never be resolved to anyones satisfaction…