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Originally Posted by DirtyDanza
when the fuck did you become an expert on whats life threatening and whats not....
not to mention fear of life is fear of life... weather you were acutually close to it or not.. if your in reasonable fear of it you can defend yourself....
you don't think thats close to death? really? let me mount you and drop some 1 and 2's on you maybe throw an elbow in there and lets see how close to death you feel? I mean after all it's not life threatening right? so whats the big deal....
matter fact when was the last time you were on your back being pounded into the ground and your head being slammed up and down on the sidewalk ? im just curious since you think you have all this knowledge to speak on
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It was potentially life threatening. Trayvon could have took his gun and shot him. Even without a gun involved Trayvon might have beat him to death. It was night after all and he didn't know Trayvon. He thought he was high on drugs and a criminal.
OTOH Zimmerman knew that neighbors witnessed it and he knew one said they were calling the cops. The cops arrived within a couple minutes of the gunshot.
Zimmerman's injuries weren't life threatening and he declined to go to the ER that night. He also knew Trayvon was probably underage or near it because earlier he told 911 that he appeared to be in his "late teens".
It's easy to see both sides. I think many of us would have avoided using lethal force knowing that there were witnesses and that police were on their way. Some of us would have. I can't be extremely judgmental either way.