and if zimmerman put his hands on martin? or charged up on him? but like you said, we'll never know.probably the best analogy i've seen.PredFan , for real bro. Do you really not think George bares any responsibility for that confrontation happening? Okay, you think Martin attacked him first. Fine, that's a different question.
Let's look at it from a different angle. Let's suppose that you are your daughter were walking down the street one night and noticed a guy following you. Let's say you confronted this guy, wanting to know why he was following you and your daughter. Now let's suppose things devolved into a fight and you ended up shooting this guy and killing him.
Now let's say the police arrest you , do you claim that the other guy actually started it because he was stalking you and your daughter? Of course you do.
and i'm sorry, but i believe that those incapable of seeing it from that perspective are stuck on race.
On the other hand, there are also many liberals who aren't seeing it from the angle of they are two different things happening here.
1. You have a right to confront someone who you feel is stalking you. So , if Trayvon felt Zimmerman was stalking him, he had a right to stop and ask him.
2. What you don't have a right to do is to hit someone if you confront them and don't like the way they respond to being confronted. IOW you can't hit someone who is stalking you and claim self defense. It doesn't work that way because no reasonable person would fear for their safety simply on the basis being stalked.
Now , well never know, but it's doubtful this is what transpired, but just for fun. IF Trayvon was attempting to make a citizen's arrest of Zimmerman for stalking, in THAT case , he would have the right to attempt to subdue him , but you better be damned sure the guy is guilty of the crime you are accusing him of if you make a citizen's arrest. So I doubt that was the case here.
Put simply, this is just another case where many people on BOTH sides have thrown facts right out the fucking window and formed an opinion.