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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I just find it hard to swallow a self-defense claim if you initiate the altercation. [/quote]

Once again, simply getting out of the car does not automatically eliminate a self-defense argument.  You can initiate a verbal altercation without initiating violence.  For example, say I see someone yelling at a child on the street, I say "hey, tone it down, bitch," and she attacks me.  Is she acting self defense?  If I defend myself, am I?   Obviously a very different circumstance here, but the devil is in the details.

[quote]Even if Trayvon had Zimmerman on the ground fighting him, that does NOT allow for the response of using deadly force. [/quote]This is a different point than it wasn't self defense - it's that self defense may have been appropriate, but the level of force used wasn't.  Again, the circumstances the appropriate level of force, but if you're on the ground getting your ass kicked, you certainly could fear for your life.  but once again, we don't know anything.

But this takes the cake - you went from:

[quote]I don't know what happened.[/quote]

to asking questions, [quote]BTW, how did Zimmerman even get to his gun? If they were fighting, did he just reach for it and shoot? [/quote]

[quote]This guy was an overzealous moron with an itchy trigger finger. [/quote]

So, in a mere 8 sentences, you've gone from I don't know what happened to knowing exactly what happened.  I know you're very upset about this, but you're letting reason overcome emotion.  [/quote]

No, I'm not. Whether the shooting was accidental or not, all signs point to the fact that Zimmerman is one of those overzealous neighborhood watch types that act like they're are newly sworn in police officers.

I mean....who carries a weapon during a Neighborhood Watch patrol that you're doing in your car? And for what purpose?

You seem to assume that I'm hysterical over this; I'm not. [/quote]

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