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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.
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He stopped following when the dispatcher asked him to.
Do you even realize the silliness of what you are saying? If GZ had a concussion he would not even be on trial today, he might not even be alive, as you say. So should somebody wait till that happens?
The ‘threat’ of getting head bashed into the pavement is enough for any sane individual to use whatever force at disposal to defend themselves.
Now, how he got into that position is a totally different matter, but how can anyone fault a man for defending himself given his situation?
When people get into a fight in a rush of adrenalin, the thought of how a future jury would look at their actions is very remote in their minds which would be fully occupied with self-preservation.
