In the minutes before the confrontation Trayvon was alarmed
that he was being followed and actually picked up his pace to escape. Zimmerman
was told by the Police that they “did not need” him to follow Trayvon.
Zimmerman chose to ignore those Police directions, and at some point exited his
vehicle to continue the pursuit.
I find it deeply alarming that so many seem willing to
accept that if Trayvon got into some sort of physical confrontation with
Zimmerman, an armed man following him for no good reason, then the burden of
proof sort of shifts back to Trayvon’s family to prove that anything he did was
justified, rather than to remain on Zimmerman to prove why the whole episode was anyone’s
responsibility beyond that of a man, unknown to the victim, carrying a
concealed weapon, and ready to use it.
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