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Witness accounts say that Martin was beating on Zimmerman MMA style.

If Martin was defending himself once Zimmerman was done, that should have been it. Pouncing on him once down is excessive and where the shooting in self defence comes into play.


I want to be clear. I don't think that Zimmerman should have been able to shoot Martin. I think that law is scary and foolish. However it is the law and this why he was acquitted.


Actually if Zimmerman did confront Martin and Martin punched him out of fear, and then left that's fine. Being on top of him throwing punches is not.

That's not self defence.

Also to keep in mind, this situation wouldn't happen in Canada. No gun, reasonable force, proportional responses are all things our system believes in. Which may be why this verdict is so hard to swallow, because Florida doesn't believe in those things.