Originally Posted by theking

According to Zimmerman...in an interview...while he was on the phone to the police he had got out of his truck to follow Martin...having lost site of Martin in the dark and the rain...he was returning to his vehicle when...from out of the dark...Martin confronted him.

According to the testimony of the girl that Martin called and was talking to on the phone...she said that Martin initially told her that he was being followed by a "Creepy ass cracker" and she told Martin to run but he told her...no that he was not going to do that...and she said that she heard Martin say he saw him coming and he confront Zimmerman by saying...why are you following me.

Thus...according to Zimmerman and the girls testimony...it was Martin that confronted Zimmerman.

Words were exchanged and the girl testified that it sounded as if someone had hit someone and then she heard what sounded to her like someone scuffling around on the grass. So who swung the first punch no one knows from the testimony of anyone thus far. Zimmerman has stated...in an interview...that Martin threw the first punch.

But lets assume...for the sake of argument...that Zimmerman threw the first punch...and Martin overpowered Zimmerman and Zimmerman was getting his ass whipped...according to Zimmerman...in an interview...that is not why he shot Martin.

According to Zimmerman...in an interview...said that his jacket had slid up...exposing his pistol to Martin and Martin uttered the words that he was going to kill him and Marin's hand went for the gun...and that Zimmerman beat him to the gun...and Zimmerman fired one shot. Which immediately killed Martin.