You don't know what you are talking about.....martin violently attacked zimmerman.....
At Trial, Witness Says Zimmerman Acted In Self-Defense
Under questioning by Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara today, Good confirmed some key parts of Zimmerman's version of events.
MARK O'MARA: The person who you now know to be Trayvon Martin was on top. Correct?
GOOD: Correct.
O'MARA: And he was the one who was raining blows down on the person on the bottom, George Zimmerman. Right?
GOOD: That's what it looked like.
Since Zimmerman was bigger, older, and stronger, it is unlikely Martin would have held a superior position very long.
But it does not matter, because the use of deadly force is not legal in a hand to hand fight.
Wrong. Your attacker does not have to be armed in order to use deadly force against him.
It most certainly does before you kill them.
You can only use the threat of deadly force, such as brandishing, before then.
There are lots of cases where a person has got out and killed a 15 year old kid trying to break into a car, and the person has been convicted of murder.
That is because they did not have to actually shoot in order to protect their property.
The use of force requires things like brandishing be tried first.
Escalating to murder without a fear for life is illegal.
You don't know the laws in all States, in TX if someone is fleeing with your property at night, you can shoot them, no questions asked. So you might want to stop digging that hole you're in.
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Yes the laws on self defense do vary amongst the states but in the majority of states it is very similar.....Texas being one of those that is quite different. How they define murder being a major difference. Some states require a person to retreat before using deadly force if it is possible to do so.
But here in Florida we do have the stand your ground law...which several states have--though Z did not use it...his case was just one of simple self defense.
The law on self-defense in Florida has been posted...but since the Zimmmeran case was here in Florida perhaps it nees to be posted again.
Florida Law on Self-Defense | Use of Deadly and Non Deadly Force
The self defense laws in TX are very similar to FL, the protection of ones property is the only real exception.
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