I'd love to hear G-man's legal opinion on the significance of the "staand your ground" law.

My opinion is, it was still arguably self-defense for Zimmerman, with or without the law, and liberals and the media are making more of it, as leverage for their pre-existing desire to ban guns and any law favoring guns and self-protection.


Two more articles (both CNN) :

  • TRAYVON MARTIN PROFILE

    This at least acknowledges that Travon Martin was, by his own father's account, an "average student" getting C's and not excelling.
    It also acknowledges --very briefly, no details-- that Martin was suspended several times, for graffitti, and for drugs.
    It selectively omits any of the thugged-up photos of Martin from his Facebook page, and mention of his assault of someone at school.


    and

    WITNESSES GIVE AN EVEN MORE CONFUSED PICTURE OF SHOOTING

    In which CNN again downplays and selectively omits the 911-caller "John", who corroborated the version Zimmerman gave to police, that Zimmerman was confronted by Martin, who initiated the fight, and that Martin was on top pounding on Zimmerman, until Zimmerman shot Martin.
    The article also selectively omits what police observed, grass stains, bloody nose and cuts to the back of Zimmerman's head, that corroberate his version.

All this selective omission makes me more sympathetic to Zimmerman's account, that the liberal media seems afraid to report because it contradicts the narrative they would like to present.