magnolia
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I know that, but I was responding to the poster who said it would never be reasonable that anyone would be scared of someone following them. I believe just the opposite. I didn't mention the SYG law in my post. I believe TM did believe and was afraid of great bodily harm that night, yet this poster suggested no one should be afraid of someone even following them, much less someone following them and doing great bodily harm to them. That is just not so in society today. I never said that fit the law, I just was refuting that people should be a-okay with other people following them. That is just not the case in society today. I never said people should feel free to attack someone else who is following them. That is where the law comes in.
The consensus with some people is that Trayvon should not have had any fear at all that night, and I'm saying, yes, he did. Someone was following him, and he had every right to fear that person.I highly doubt he just up and attacked GZ out of the blue.I'm betting GZ became aggressive in some way that made TM fear for his life and that made TM defend himself. If they SYG law applies to anyone, it's TM, not GZ. How could GZ have any fear when he was carrying a gun? That makes no sense to me. All IMO.
I don't think too many 17 yr. old males frighten easily. I say this because I raised two boys. At that age,they knew no fear. I believe Trayvon knew he could hold his own against Zimmerman. After all, we are talking about a very fit 6'3" young man here. I think Trayvon was curious why another guy was out there that night. Frightened-NO IMO