filial_piety
Banned
Not really. They are working with what they got. The fact is that nobody can testify about those moments leading up to the shooting except Zimmerman. Yes he followed him but following somebody is not against the law under these circumstances. Even if he screamed out "Hey ****** we don't like your kind around here!", still not illegal. His story that Trayvon jumped out from behind some bushes and attacked him at least sets him on the right path to a self defense claim.
Now there is some question as to whether he went to far defending himself. Somebody's punching you and you shoot them? Did you HONESTLY believe your life was in danger, or were you just mad that he was kicking your ass? Might get a Manslaughter conviction.
We need to be real about this case...yes Zimmerman is a piece of shyt racist wannabe cop, but with the facts as they have been laid out, a 2nd degree murder conviction at this point is doubtful, and there is not much the prosecutors could have done different.
This is about the most rational, factual post that I've read here