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Old 07-23-2013, 07:25 PM
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I'm not even sure SYG was the total culprit here. You'd have to research Florida case law to determine what duty to retreat means and how it'd be applied to the facts which were in evidence.

The facts showed that Zimmerman pursued Martin in a non-violent manner. The uncontroverted (but also unproved) testimony of Zimmerman was that Martin assaulted him, got the better of him in a wrestling match and was slamming his head against some concrete.

Assuming that was the case at that point, the jury might have found that he didn't have the ability to safely retreat (or whatever FL law would say) and that the force was justifiable.

Like I've said, it's not the best set of facts to champion the cause of inequality and privilege with.
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