re: #611 Mich-again

The only way that Zimmerman could use legally use deadly force was that the deadly force was required to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. The cops on the scene saw a 250 pound adult who was uninjured (or perhaps very slightly injured) and a dead minor who weighed about 100 pounds less and was unarmed with no obvious signs of a struggle other than the gunshot wound.

Without some evidence that Zimmerman’s life was in imminent danger the use of deadly force was suspect and that is probable cause for arrest. If the cops show up and Zimmerman is beat up all to hell and clothes are torn and ripped and there are serious wounds, then sure. But there was no evidence of imminent death or great bodily harm at all.

EXACTLY.

If Zimmerman had been in an actual epic fight to the death where his only real recourse was shooting Martin, he would have looked like a guy who’d been in a fight to the death — torn clothing, scrapes and scratches all over his body, blood, etc. but there is none. Anywhere.

In fact, less than an hour after this supposed fight to the death where he felt so threatened that he had to shoot and kill an unarmed kid, the guy is not only dressed in unstained clothes that isn’t ripped and which doesn’t have blood all over it, but he’s up and walking around of his own volition, without being led or guided by police.

Either Zimmerman is Wolverine or he’s full of shit about what happened.