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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (723615)	6/30/2013 5:09:53 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577156

Under Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law, it really doesn’t matter who started the fight; it only matters if the person who survives the fight can say without contradiction that he was in fear for his life or safety. That law states: I disagree. SYG specifically states: "*A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity ...*" A person who starts a fight, is engaged in an unlawful activity. If it can be proven that Zimmerman started the fight by unlawfully assaulting Martin, then SYG would probably not be allowed as a defense. However in this case, the evidence is overwhelming that Martin started the fight by criminally assaulting Zimmerman.