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Originally Posted by epitome
What was Trayvon's answer when he was asked under oath on the stand about whether he was standing his ground due to an immediate threat after being potentially stalked by Zimmerman?
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There's an opinion piece of CNN's website that asks the same question.
So let's say events played out differently that night, Trayvon Martin is a black teenager returning on foot from the convenience store to the house he's living in, he notices a white adult male out on the street seemingly with no purpose being out there, it's dark and rainy, the teenager sees the man watching him, then the older white man begins to follow him, he's definitely nervous about being followed, he calls a friend and tells the friend he's scared, somebody is following him, he turns around and the white guy approaches him, at this point he can either run or find out what this guy wants - the white guy isn't friendly, he grunts 'What are YOU doing here?', the male teenager shows some macho pride and says 'Why should I tell you' - things escalate and the two fight, this time it's Trayvon Martin who has the gun and he shoots George Zimmerman dead. Cops come and Trayvon Martin tells them his story, the man was following him for no reason, he was just walking home from the store, he turned around to find out what he wanted and Zimmerman was there, and hostile towards him, and then pushed him and a fight occured, Zimmerman noticed the gun in Trayvon's pocket and was about to grab it and said 'You're dead punk/nigga' when Martin beats him to the gun and shoots Zimmerman dead.
All we'd have is Trayvon Martin's story, and a bunch of 911 calls from people in the neighborhood who heard the fight and the shot and the call Trayvon called and told about being followed.
How would that case have played out? It's just Martin's word now, only difference is that Martin's a black teenager with a gun and Zimmerman we find out is a neighbor who is part of the neighborhood watch program.
EVEN if Martin's story is 100% true, not a chance anybody is going to believe him.
Trayvon Martin should have the same right to self defend himself if he feels his life is in danger BUT in a situation where there's only one side of the story and the white guy can't talk because he's dead Trayvon Martin is going to jail for 2nd degree murder.