Martin wasn’t using deadly force. He had a right to defend himself without the intensity of fear necessary for deadly force.
I am not arguing that the state has made the case, I’ve never argued that. I’ve argued the facts themselves and what truth they tell. I’ve already said several times I fully expect an acquittal, but I also fully believe that Zimmerman committed second degree murder and that was before the prosecutor brought that charge.
From what I’ve seen and read thus far, I think the state fucked up across the board here, but it’s much too late now to fix. One can only hope that this experience, even with an acquittal, will have been sufficiently unpleasant to deter Mr. Zimmerman from playing cops n’ robbers in the future.