"apparently Trayvon was a threat because he broke his nose and basically kicked his ass..."
By this reasoning, anyone that possesses the ability to fight and/or defend themselves constitutes an ever-present threat. You're conveniently ignoring facts that we DO know - Zimmerman was instructed by the PD NOT to approach Trayvon, and he still did. It doesn't matter how polite he may have been. Just as Trayvon may have been a stranger to Zimmerman, the reverse was also true. He could very well have felt threatened by having Zimmerman approach him when he was simply walking home from the store. If he had been left to go on his way, he'd be alive right now. Community watchmen and unarmed security guards are instructed to observe and report what they see to the police, and you only act if you yourself are threatened. The fact that Zimmerman got licensed to carry a firearm doesn't change that. It isn't his place to play cop. He wouldn't have gotten his ass beat if he had left the kid alone.
By this reasoning, anyone that possesses the ability to fight and/or defend themselves constitutes an ever-present threat. You're conveniently ignoring facts that we DO know - Zimmerman was instructed by the PD NOT to approach Trayvon, and he still did. It doesn't matter how polite he may have been. Just as Trayvon may have been a stranger to Zimmerman, the reverse was also true. He could very well have felt threatened by having Zimmerman approach him when he was simply walking home from the store. If he had been left to go on his way, he'd be alive right now. Community watchmen and unarmed security guards are instructed to observe and report what they see to the police, and you only act if you yourself are threatened. The fact that Zimmerman got licensed to carry a firearm doesn't change that. It isn't his place to play cop. He wouldn't have gotten his ass beat if he had left the kid alone.
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."