He was the leader of the neighborhood watch and he spotted what he described as an unknown man acting suspiciously. Also, keep in mind the amount of burglaries that had occured in Zimmerman's neighborhood. When he left is car, Zimmerman admitted to trying to keep Martin in his line of sight but failed. According to Zimmerman's testimony (which passed a voice stress test) he attempted to return to his vehicle where he was suddenly jumped out of nowhere by Martin, who beat him until he had a broken nose, two black eyes, cuts on the back of his head and a minor back injury. At some point during the beating, Martin attempted to grab Zimmerman's gun, but was unable to wrestle it away from him. At this point, Zimmerman would have acted in self defense had he pulled the trigger, which he did.
He was the leader of the neighborhood watch and he spotted what he described as an unknown man acting suspiciously. Also, keep in mind the amount of burglaries that had occured in Zimmerman's neighborhood. When he left is car, Zimmerman admitted to trying to keep Martin in his line of sight but failed. According to Zimmerman's testimony (which passed a voice stress test) he attempted to return to his vehicle where he was suddenly jumped out of nowhere by Martin, who beat him until he had a broken nose, two black eyes, cuts on the back of his head and a minor back injury. At some point during the beating, Martin attempted to grab Zimmerman's gun, but was unable to wrestle it away from him. At this point, Zimmerman would have acted in self defense had he pulled the trigger, which he did.
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