Originally Posted By: the G-man
 Originally Posted By: Matter-eater Man
 Originally Posted By: the G-man
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As far as we know Martin was fighting for his life trying to keep Zimmerman from firing his gun at him.


Anything's possible I suppose. However, as a general rule, people don't fight to stop someone from shooting them. They flee. The people who are shot while fighting tend to be the ones who were the aggressor.


In this case we know Zimmerman via his call with the police had already in his mind established Martin as one those assholes that always gets away. He than pursues a fleeing Martin. This didn't start with Martin being the aggressor but Zimmerman.


Two points:

1. The phone call may or may not allow us to infer Zimmerman's intent. It doesn't mean we "know" it.


That's being overly technical. As you say anything is possible but the more likely case here is that Zimmerman was saying what he was thinking. It's agressive. Martin is one of those assholes that always gets away.

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2. Zimmerman pursuing a fleeing Martin would not result in Martin having bruises on his knuckles. A fleeing person isn't a punching person.


True but somebody can try to get away and still end up having to fight. Martin's friend said the last thing she heard was Martin saying "get off, get off"

Fair play!