Are 'Stand Your Ground' Laws Justified in Cases Like Trayvon Martin's Death?

[Ryan_m_b]

Personally I don't think it is fair to say that an aggressor in a situation must be the one who instigates physical confrontation. If Alice blocks Bob's path and verbally threatens him, instructing him to do follow her into an alley or she will attack him a strong argument could be made in defence of Bob striking first. The nature of his strike will later be called into question for if it was A) a reasonable decision based on the threat and B) a reasonable response to the threat in question.

Also members may want to review my post above in which the affidavit of two investigators claims that the screams heard in the back ground of various calls to the police (available here) are that of Trayvon Martin shouting for help.

 

[Evo]

At what point does following become chasing?

Again, it's on the 911 call. Trayvon decided to run away from Zimmerman because he was frightened of him and zimmerman began chasing after him.

Seriously, if people aren't going to bother reading this thread or knowing basic facts already published before posting here, the thread will be closed. Constantly repeating this information has become nonsensical.

 

[Evo]

“Zimmerman provoked an altercation with Trayvon, that much we do know. “ And we know that how? Just exactly how do we know who threw the first punch?

Again, it's in the 911 call. He chased after Trayvon after Trayvon tried to get away from Zimmerman. That is how we know that Zimmerman provoked the confrontation, IMO. If Zimmerman would have not chased Trayvon, that boy would be alive today, IMO. I didn't say anything about throwing punches, so I don't know where you got that.

This thread has been repeating the same things over and over. People aren't reading prior posts. Until the case goes to trial, the subject is closed.