The Lie of Self Defense

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33. Absolutely.

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After all, who could possibly fault a middle-age cop wannabe (Major in Criminal Justice, very active in 'patrolling' in his Neighborhood watch, calling cops 24/7 on all matter of 'suspicious persons') from blowing away an unarmed teenager? I mean, just because he pursued the kid in his car and, disregarding 911 instructions then got out of his car to confront him is just what any rational law-abiding adult would do. In fact, maybe the kid was only 1/2 black - that probably explains it. And it's pretty clear from the evidence so far that the teenager was clearly the agressor, putting Zimmerman in fear for his life when he probably cut Zimmerman on the back of his (Zimmerman's) head with the sharp edge of the Skittles pack. After all, Zimmerman has no history of violent behavior (oh, whoops - I guess he did have a little violence problem with the cops in the past - but no matter. I'm sure it's not relevant here, at least that's what the local cops decided). It's a crystal-clear case of 'stand your ground', as far as I can see.