Trayvon Martin

[Warborn]

Originally Posted by Saifoda

Fact: Zimmerman did follow him, however for Martin to pursue his perceived attacker would, again, negate the self-defense prosecution if the threat has been removed (Zimmerman was returning to his vehicle -- again, according to his story, which is what we have to go on here).

Here's a police photo showing Trayvon's body, taken from the path Zimmerman says he was walking along to get back to his vehicle. Here is the reenactment where Zimmerman tells police Martin was covering his mouth while smashing his head against concrete as he screamed for help. Martin's body is a considerable distance away from the path, and even Zimmerman's claim that he fell a distance forward after Martin cold clocked him doesn't get him close to where the actual shooting happened.

Zimmerman's own reenactment of the fight isn't congruent with reality. He placed Martin's body a couple houses away from where it actually was. The idea that he was attacked on the path, fell over, and Martin jumped on him, couldn't have resulted in Martin's body being found that far away from the path he says he was taking back to his vehicle.

The idea that he didn't know which of the three streets he was on and had to cross over to another street to get an address is also fairly absurd. That plus the location of the body make me rather hesitant to accept Zimmerman's story that he was attacked in that fashion.