I'm not going to argue with you. Trayvon is dead, we can't hear how he sounded. Once again, Trayvon RAN from GZ. Obviously, Trayvon wanted to get away from GZ, not chase him. People who RUN from someone, usually means they are in fear and do not want to be near the person following them.
My main question is where is the evidence that Trayvon circled back to GZ when he was actually running from him? I haven't seen any evidence of Trayvon "circling" back and people keep stating it over and over again, as fact. It's not in my opinion factual and there has been no evidence to state it as fact. Again, JMO. Feel free to disagree.
Respectfully, I would submit that George presents his story pretty believably on the tape (and in several others places, with little to no deviation from the original story, according to court testimony this morning/afternoon). And what he says on there, to the detective, is that he is walking down the sidewalk, and doesn't see Trayvon anywhere. He is talking to the 911 dispatcher at that time.
Here's a link to the recording (from Youtube): [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9A-gp8mrdw"]George Zimmerman 911 call about Trayvon Martin UnRedacted - YouTube[/ame]
I'm trying to be objective, and hopefully logical, about how to analyze this case, because, if I want to be a true sleuth, I need to be open to whatever the facts are. Here's what I've found:
2:09 George says that TM is running toward the back entrace of the complex. He starts to take off after him, but the dispatcher says (2:25) they don't need him to do that. GZ says "O. k." and, according to his account, and the sounds on the recording, he stops running after Trayvon.
2:40 Zimmerman says "He ran." To me, that implies that Mr. Martin is gone. Otherwise, George would have said, "He's still running," or something to that effect.
2:58 GZ says he would like to meet with the officer that's on his way. This is not the behavior of someone who is in eyeshot of a possible dangerous perpetrator. George would have, if he could see Trayvon, be saying something like "I can see him - he's turning left about three houses down."
GZ decides that, instead of meeting the officer at the mailboxes, the officer can call him. Again, he's just having a normal conversation with the dispatcher. This points to TM not being anywhere in sight.
But once George is off the phone, Mr. Martin suddenly appears, starts walking toward GZ, and it goes downhill from there.
George Zimmerman Reenactment Of Trayvon Martin Shooting (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KxmO9hXHC_o&feature=fvwp
If I thought for a second that Zimmerman was some kind of vigilante, and not just a neighborhood watchperson who happened to see a strange-acting person on the way to the store, I'd be all for his being strung up - and I'm not even a death penalty person! But that's not what I'm seeing here, amongst the evidence that we have available.
Thanks to everyone for keeping it real - it's nice that WS is a place we can discuss these events freely, though we may feel strongly about our particular positions. :twocents