View original postThe verdict was far from proper, but it is what it is. The prosecution spent too much time on the how of their fight rather than the why of their fight. The only reason they are in a fight is completely because of Zimmerman's actions. If he waits for Martin to actually commit a crime, he comes off as a much more sympathetic figure, rather than a simply pathetic figure. The prosecution seemed to phone it in and proved more of the defense's case than they should have, but then I don't think they wanted the case at all from the beginning.

You also should stop treating Zimmerman as though he were an actual law enforcement officer. I have no doubt that an actual officer is sensitive about his weapon, just as I have no doubt Zimmerman was acutely aware of where his weapon was located. Just because he had a license to carry a weapon does not mean he was a full-fledged law officer. And we are still only left with Zimmerman's version of events, and one of the biggest problems comes from your continued insistence that his story is the absolute truth for whatever reason you have for believing him. We all can see that Zimmerman distorted many facts to make himself the victim.

And yes, the physical evidence refutes his claims of a vicious attack, no matter your belief that it does not. Somehow Martin slammed Zimmerman's head into the pavement multiple times without touching him? It is not believable. Just as it is not believable that he simply left his vehicle to find a street sign of a street he has been the de facto watchman of for several years, even though he admits to pursuing Martin on foot at one point. So either he got out of his vehicle and was ambushed, or he pursued Martin and ended up in a fight. The two stories are mutually exclusive but yet both were told by Zimmerman at one time. Thankfully for Zimmerman, he was not on trial for truth-telling or he would be in prison for sure for all the lies and distortions he has told in this case.