Originally Posted by
Brian GC
Zimmerman pursued Martin knowing that if he got in trouble he was not trained how to fight, defend himself, nor did he possess any non-lethal weapons like mace, night stick, taiser or a partner. His only defense if he got in trouble was to kill Martin dead, which is what happened.
Being backed into a corner and using deadly force is one thing but pursuing an innocent person alone when you are ill equipped to deal with an escalating situation is just stupid. IMO this is when a concealed carry permit caused a guy to be overly courageous and had to take a life unnecessarily. We should be glad that Zimmerman wasn’t confronted by more adversaries because there would be more dead bodies.
BTW – Zimmerman’s brother was interviewed last night. He lied through his teeth when he said Zimmerman did not pursue Martin after 911 told him to stand down.