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In reply to the discussion: ZIMMERMAN TRIAL - AFTERNOON: Day 11, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 [View all]Nine
(1,741 posts)Zimmerman is the one who claimed that he was in fear for his life BECAUSE Martin was attacking him - punching him in the face repeatedly and bashing his head against the sidewalk repeatedly. It's not "people like me" who are saying you can't make a self-defense claim unless you are being punched in the face and having your head slammed against a sidewalk repeatedly. It's Zimmerman who made those things part of his self defense claim. He should have come up with a better lie. Now his story is falling apart for many reasons, but particularly because of the physical evidence that doesn't support his claims. People aren't saying he wasn't injured enough to claim self defense. We're saying his whole story is bullshit.
And since you mentioned motive, what motive would Martin have ever had for attacking Zimmerman out of the blue in the way that Zimmerman describes? Why wouldn't Martin have just continued walking back to his house? Zimmerman suggests in one of his interviews that Martin was mad because Zimmerman called the police. But the police had not arrived yet and Zimmerman claims he was in the car when he was talking to police, so how would Martin have know Zimmerman called police? And, more importantly, why would Martin care that Zimmerman had called them since he was just a teenager with a fruit drink and a bag of skittles walking back to his own home at 7pm?