There are two narratives in this case.
Narrative A ( Racist Zimmerman kills Black Kid story ): Zimmerman left his car, approached Martin and shot him dead.
Narrative B ( Zimmermans own self defense story ) Zimmerman left his car, martin ran, Zimmerman gave chase but lost Martin, started back for his car but was attacked my Martin, then shot Martin dead.
In BOTH narratives, under the law, Zimmerman is a murderer. In fact, the Stand Your Ground law can ONLY be applied to narrative B and even then ONLY to Martin as Zimmerman gave chase.
Remember, Zimmerman himself says that Trayvon ran away.
even articles defending Zimmerman give the same story:
The FACT that Zimmerman RAN/CHASED after Trayvon, not just followed, gives Trayvon the protection of the Stand Your Ground law, as George Zimmerman then presented a direct threat to his person.
Which, under the Stand Your Ground law, makes George Zimmerman a murderer.
Trayvon ran and got away according to zimmerman when he returned he was no longer protected by stand your ground.
No. We don't know where Trayvon was at that point. Hiding in a bush? Behind a tree? Up the street at a neighbors house?
We don't know.
All we know is: George Zimmerman gave chase.
Now think about that for a moment...from Martins perspective.
Here's this guy...not a cop...chasing him. Is he between Martin and safety?
Think!
What was it that George Zimmerman saw? What did Trayvon Martin see?
Trayvon was walking down the street, hood up, talking to his girlfriend on a Bluetooth earpiece.
How did that look to Zimmerman?
With the hoodie up, there's no seeing the earpiece. So Trayvon is some guy walking down the street talking to himself. Hence, Zimmermans statement that Trayvon appeared to be "on drugs"
But from Trayvons side?
Here's this guy following him. Why? So Trayvon runs and Zimmerman runs after him.
Can anyone running after you be up to good? HELL NO.
At that point, the Stand Your Ground law relieves Martin of the requirement to retreat.
In fact, one of the arguments FOR the stand your ground law was that a person could not instigate a fight and if it escalated be relieved of responsibility under Stand Your Ground. George Zimmerman made a mistake giving chase, but that gave Martin the LEGAL RIGHT to use whatever force neccessary to defend himself.
And though George Zimmermans story may be 100% accurate, under the law, he is guilty of murder.