His reason for following Trayvon was that there had been a string of break-ins in the residential area where he volunteered for neighborhood watch.
It is not known whether Zimmerman actually brandished his weapon at Trayvon. But think about this... would you fight a person that flashed a gun at you while you weren't carrying one yourself? It seems unlikely that Zimmerman brandished his gun at Trayvon. And it seems very unlikely that Trayvon would fight an armed person. If Zimmerman did flash his gun at Trayvon... why didn't Trayvon hang up his phone and call the police and tell them someone just pointed a weapon at him while he was walking home, why did he stay on the line with his girlfriend? Seems so unlogical to me to be talking to anyone but the police when you've being 'hunted' down by an armed person you don't know.
I think that Zimmerman may have mistook Trayvon for the person or persons responsible for the residential break-ins.
I'd call the police and hide somewhere.
You're crazy. Why would you fight an armed person with nothing but your fists when you can just run in the opposite direction and hide and call the cops.
The autopsy revealed no bruising anywhere on Trayvon's body except 'injury below the knuckle'. Zimmerman, on the other hand, had his nose and the back of his head busted up. Is it possible that Trayvon punched Zimmerman first, took him down and proceeded to bash the back of his head against the pavement, and at that moment Zimmerman reacted by shooting Trayvon in self defense?
What if you didn't initiate a physical confrontation, but where on your back with injuries to your face and head, could you exercise your state given right of standing your ground?