On 3/27/12 4:38 PM, JustWait wrote:
On 3/27/2012 3:47 PM, BAR wrote:
In article23409357.826.1332874413803.JavaMail.geo-discussion-
forums@ynlw24, says...

On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 12:18:12 PM UTC-4, iBoaterer wrote:
In article
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says...

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:36:08 -0400, wrote:

There is no evidence that Zimmerman ever approached Martin. It
appears
the opposite is true.
He says he was jumped from behind.

No evidence yet.


Zimmerman is the defendant
The state has to prove it is not true.
We know from the girlfriends phone transcript, Martin approached
Zimmerman

Fat guys with BMIs of over 36 do not "pursue", certainly not fast
enough to catch a 17 year old football star who wants to get away.

What was the kid supposed to do, allow the guy to come and attack him?
How was Martin supposed to know that the guy wasn't some thug
wanting to
rob him, or kill him?

When Zimmerman asked him what he was doing there the first time, all
Martin had to say was "I'm going to my father's house, he lives at
168 Maple Dr., call him if you don't believe me." Game over, and you
guys wouldn't be having this argument.

Since ya'll are so wound up about this, here's another take on it
that I just happened to have run across. Interesting.

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-765534

I like how the article paints Zimmerman as a gang member which also
paints Martin as a racist. Nice touch.

The interesting part of the transcript is:

Zimmerman: Okay. These a**holes they always get away...S**t he's
running.

Dispatcher: Are you following him? Zimmerman: Yeah

Dispatcher: Ok, we don't need you to do that.

Zimmerman: Ok

Once Zimmerman got out of his car and pursued Martin all bets were off.
Zimmerman wound up getting his ass kicked and fired a gun because he was
losing the fight.


So, what you are saying is that if Zimmerman didn't have a gun and asked
the Martin "what are you doing here", and Martin had beat Zimmerman to
death, that would have been ok because Zimmerman got out and asked him a
question?


Zimmerman had no business asking the kid "what are you doing here?" and
the kid had no obligation to respond to such a question. Zimmerman is
not in the law enforcement business.