I feel like that is laying some blame on the victim. The only poor decisions here were made by Zimmerman. That is like saying, well, if that woman had made a better decision with her wardrobe choices, she may not have been raped. Trayvon was not doing anything illegal, he was just a 17 year old who went to the store to buy a drink and some candy for his little brother.
It's not rational to assume the kid without a gun could possibly be responsible for his own death by an overzealous wanna-be-cop with a gun whose only reason he found Trayvon suspicious was his skin color.
Doesn't matter what happened at that point. It's raining, you're being followed. You continue to walk to home and this stranger follows you... You ask him why he's following you and a scuffle ensues. Regardless of the scuffle, Trayvon had the right to defend himself. If Zimmerman was so concerned for his safety he could have stayed his ass in his car. Zimmerman wasn't a law enforcement official in ANY legal capacity. He had NO LEGAL RIGHT to detain Treyvon. Treyvon was under NO legal obligation to answer any questions, or be polite.
How many times do I have to say I think Zimmerman was completely wrong and that he likely murdered or at least committed manslaughter against Trayvon Martin.
This does not. Does NOT mean Martin could not have done something wrong.
I mentioned that the most likely scenario to me was that Zimmerman attempted to detain Martin, this is a felony and Martin is within his rights to escape.
I never said that Martin had no right to defend himself and indeed stated he should have done so. Especially if Zimmerman attempted to detain him illegally.
What did I say? That Martin may have made a poor decision.
This is and continues to be entirely possible.
Martin may have had the opportunity to explain his situation to Zimmerman, I don't know, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt. Yes, as I have many times before said I think Zimmerman attempted to detain him. Even if he didn't I don't care.
I'm fine with assuming Martin felt threatened and defended himself.
That doesn't mean I can't say he possibly made a poor decision. We don't know almost any information of the situation. Maybe Martin could have explained, we don't know.
I didn't say Martin made a poor decision, I suggested he possibly could have.
I said little about Zimmerman, because we know he made a poor decision. He shot someone. And killed them.