03-26-2012, 02:57 PM
Sounds like the witness saw the fight after it had already begun. Remember, Zimmerman was not a policeman and was not authorized to be chasing Martin in the first place: if he was following Martin and especially if he pulled a gun on him, Martin was more than justified in doing whatever he felt necessary to escape an unknown gunman.
I'd like to remind everyone that THIS is why we have police take a shooter into custody or at the very least have an investigation of the incident, rather than let someone go with no questions asked, just because he claims he was "Standing His Ground". Had the police done so in the first place a lot of this brouhaha might have been avoided. It's why the Stand Your Ground law is so fatally flawed.
I'd like to remind everyone that THIS is why we have police take a shooter into custody or at the very least have an investigation of the incident, rather than let someone go with no questions asked, just because he claims he was "Standing His Ground". Had the police done so in the first place a lot of this brouhaha might have been avoided. It's why the Stand Your Ground law is so fatally flawed.