| | | The fourth point rolls from the third. Zimmerman was not the aggressor in any coherent sense, and it is absurd for people to assert Trayvon had a right to “defend himself” because Zimmerman attempted to follow him. Following someone in public is no crime (stalking laws and restraining orders aside; we’re talking about thissituation), and Trayvon had no legal right to assault Zimmerman, or vice versa. They could have had a verbal exchange at this point, and had they done so like civilized human beings, Zimmerman would have found out that this was a false alarm, there was no harm done, and both men might still be alive today. But that isn’t what happened. At the end of the three-part verbal exchange described by Mora and Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin apparently decided to punctuate his second statement to Zimmerman and things quickly went downhill into a the fight John Good saw feet away, with Trayvon Martin straddling George Zimmerman from an “MMA-style” mount in what fighters and fight fans know as “ground and pound.”
It’s brutal even in a guard position like the following Cheick Kongo vs. Mustapha Al-Turk fight… and keep in mind that Trayvon Martin wasn’t in Zimmerman’s guard, he was in a full mount, “straddling” Zimmerman with much more leverage, where Zimmerman had almost no defense, and no referee to stop the fight and save his life. Eyewitness John Good said the fight was on the concrete sidewalk. He said he heard George Zimmerman cry for help. Good even yelled at Martin to stop his attack, that he was calling 911.
But Trayvon Martin did not stop his attack. Trayvon Martin kept pounding George Zimmerman’s head on concrete in what was an assault with an deadly weapon. Pummeled relentlessly, with no one coming to his aid despite repeated calls for help, what should George Zimmerman do?
Allow Trayvon Martin to beat him unconscious?
To Trayvon Martin to beat him to death?
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