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Originally Posted by nik-
What it comes down to is he created the situation in which he felt he had to kill someone. If he hadn't of created that scenario, they'd both be alive. For this reason he should be in jail, but thanks this messed up law, he's free.
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No.
First, I'd argue that American society created the situation. American society created a situation where black men are both stereotyped and more likely to commit crimes. American society created the situation where neighbourhood watchmen are advised to carry weapons.
Secondly, you have no evidence that Zimmerman was doing anything differently than neighbourhood watchmen do every night. The idea of "Creating a situation" is BS. you don't know what actually happened in between the moment that Zimmerman told 911 callers he was disengaging from his chase and witnesses said they saw Martin on top of Zimmerman.
If it's true that Martin turned around and turned what was going on into a physical confrontation, that's the intervening act that led to this series of events.