You are walking alone, being stalked by a stranger. The stranger approaches you, and addresses you in a belligerent manner. The stranger is not a police officer. He are carrying a gun. What do you believe is about to happen? What do you do?
This is why George Zimmerman's excuse does not sound like any kind of an excuse at all to me. Even if it is completely true that Trayvon Martin hit him and tried to take his gun, that would only mean that young Trayvon had decided that his best chance of getting out of there alive was to overpower his assailant.
The 'followed him back to his car' part of the story does not fit with the narrative that Martin's girlfriend provides. She was receiving an ongoing account from Martin right up until the apparent struggle where he was killed. She heard the initial exchange of words between them.
Lastly, how would Martin even know that Zimmerman had a gun to take away, unless he was brandishing it?
None of us know the whole story. There may be much one to this than any of us know. But why do I see these stories offered at face value, with none of the important questions being asked?
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