The Professor
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He pulled his gun and shot the kid even though he knew the cops would be there in a minute.
And it is most likely Zimmerman would be a dead man today if he had patiently waited for the police while some hood was on sitting on top of him banging his head against the pavement. How many more blows would it have taken to kill Zimmerman? To cause him serious bodily injury?
The legal standard is simple: If Zimmerman reasonably believed that Martin would cause him death or serious bodily injury, he had the right to use deadly force. He did not have to wait until he actually received serious bodily injury. You may not like the law, but that is irrelevant.
Zimmerman had multiple injuries to his face and head, but there was not a scratch on Martin (except for the knuckle that was split while pounding Zimmerman). An eyewitness claimed that Zimmerman was yelling for help, showing that he was defenseless and desperate. The EVIDENCE shows that Zimmerman was unable to defend himself against Martin's vicious attack and had no choice but to resort to deadly force.
When you're defenseless and someone is beating the crap out of you, a minute is a long, long time.
By the way, Zimmerman did not shoot a kid; he shot a fully grown man, a man who knocked him to the ground, sat on him and pounded him relentlessly. When a was a few weeks younger than Martin, I was in the Marine Corps. The Corps doesn't take kids, dear fellow.