walking while black - Trayvon Martin

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User: Why is it difficult for you to consider that Martin DID attack Zimmerman? I swear - it seems to me that some of the members believe if they consider this scenario it somehow makes the shooting of this teen acceptable. Maybe if you can walk us through Martin's movements and locations from the time the 911 operator suggested Zimmerman stand-down, it would be helpful.

If you read all of my 100's of posts in this thread, you'd know I never said that. There are several unaccounted for minutes; I'm not sure if we'll ever know definitively what occurred during that time.

I think that anything could have happened. I think T might have gotten tired of being followed and attacked Z when he approached, I think Z could have confronted Trayvon (maybe even tried to grab him) and a fight ensued. Maybe T was hiding and Z came around a corner and he jumped him then. Those few minutes are a big, fat, unknown (especially if you disregard the g/f's statements).

I admit I have a harder time believing the scenario where Z is innocently on his way back to his truck and T jumps him. Just from the 911 call, he sounded pretty damn determined to follow Trayvon and keep him in his sights.