Originally Posted by
SLP
While I would mostly agree that much of the facts about his past aren't specifically relevant to that evening, they are in some ways because it exposes that he likely wasn't a choir boy that had no responsibility in the confrontation. For me it still comes down to the fact that TM could easily have just ran away, but instead he made the choice to assault Zimmerman and that was the most costly mistake made that night. Sure Zimmerman didn't have to follow him, and had he not it is likely it wouldn't have happened as well. However taking a second look and then following a teen that you don't recognize as belonging there who is cutting through your neighborhood is really not all that unreasonable, and definitely not illegal. So sure Zimmerman could have been a little more reserved in his actions, but it wasn't his actions that ultimately lead to the shooting, it was TM's assault that did that.
That said, the boy is dead and I don't see much benefit in talking about his past problems.
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