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As it’s unrealistic to think getting out of your car to ask someone what they’re doing at night in your neighborhood is going to get you a ground and pound beat down.
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I don’t think there is any evidence that it happened that way. Zimmerman didn’t simply get out of his car, he followed him. Who threw the first punch, nobody knows except Zimmerman and a dead kid. But Zimmerman never got a beat down, at least not the way his attorney would have you believe. Martin may have been on top, but Zimmerman’s head never got beat into the pavement. If it had, he would have had a concussion at least, or more likely knocked unconscious. Maybe even killed. Head pounded into concrete doesn’t leave a couple of small cuts not requiring stitches.
Whether he was afraid for his life is another thing nobody except Zimmerman will ever know for sure. I think it’s likely that a black kid in a hoodie scared the shit out of him. Which is why he was carrying a gun.
One more thing that has been poorly reported is the “stand your ground” issues related to the case. SYG defense was not asserted, nor was it ever mentioned by the defense.
