Phatscotty wrote:We know for sure Trayvon punched Zimmerman in the face and slammed Zimmerman's head into the concrete.
Yes, but we don't know
why, and never will know.
I believe that Zimmerman's self-defense was legitimate. He had reasonable grounds to believe his life was in danger and he needed to take drastic steps to defend himself.
This doesn't rule out the fact that Martin was
also acting in legitimate self-defense -- that he too believed that his life was in danger and that he needed to take drastic steps to defend himself.
In an atmosphere of distrust, it is perfectly conceivable that both could have been acting with motives that from their respective points of view were perfectly reasonable, and yet produced a non-optimum result. Examples from games theory abound.