re: #33 reine.de.tout

But I sure don’t see that the “stand your ground” law applies to Zimmerman’s actions in any way. If anything, it applies more to Trayvon’s actions, making the whole thing even more senseless and tragic than it was before (if that’s possible).

Zimmerman’s claim is that Trayvon attacked him. If Zimmerman had the right to be where he was, and was not committing a crime at the time— so unless there was anything about his pursuit that was criminal— he had the right under this law to resist with deadly force an attack if he had reasonable belief that Trayvon was attempting to commit a violent felony, or giving him cause to fear for his life or previous bodily harm— for example, if Zimmerman claims Trayvon was trying to grab the gun away— then he had the right, under this law I believe to be massively flawed, to shoot him.

In addition, the police force appears to have been massively incompetent, and there’s reason to be believe race played a role, given previous incidents in the investigating officer’s past alone.