tell a story which can easily be put together by a prosecutor and demonstrated to a jury. This story will be told by the 911 call, his history and the forensics, to the extent they can be recovered after shoddy police work. GZ's story, once shown to be in any way fabricated, as I believe it will be, will thus destroy his credibility and render his testimony, should he even decide to testify, meaningless as jurors can disregard testimony from those who have not been truthful and credibility once destroyed means no part of that person's testimony is believed. If that occurs there is no defense.
So, we have the story as I see it. GZ, with a history of demonstrated assumptions about young black males committing crimes in his community and "getting away" appears to be lurking in his truck near the entrance to his community and spots a black boy and immediately calls police to report a really suspicious person who is on drugs or something and up to no good (this also serves to demonstrate his poor and perhaps impaired judgment as Trayvon was neither on drugs nor up to anything) and he also believes Trayvon has something...a weapon I presume in his waistband/hand.
He is told police are dispatched. He starts to follow Trayvon as you can hear his breathing. He's told not to and continues but doesn't tell the operator that, only says to have the officer call rather than meet him thus showing a touch of deception. Why does he do this? Why does he bring a gun? As a NW guy he knows he's not supposed to carry a gun or follow or apprehend someone. So, why does he? Perhaps because he's tired of "THEM" getting away. This does not suggest he just wanted to ASK Trayvon something. It suggests he wanted to apprehend him as he had already concluded that he was a criminal up to no good and on drugs.
How the actual scene went down is unclear. I think the likelihood is GZ was the aggressor based on the surrounding facts and circumstances. It is possible, and I hope Trayvon attempted to defend himself but I think the gun make a quick appearance.
I think there's an excellent chance of making a good case against this killer, at least I hope so. Beyond that, these crazy laws which encourage wild west shootouts are a recipe for disaster. It should not be this easy to kill someone. Law enforcement is more constrained in killing than the crazy yahoo next door in these red states.
ITA
And I'm not sure why it makes that much difference just because 911 didn't say we demand that you stop, they were still pretty forceful when they said "ok we don't need you to to do that" and as a Neighborhood Watch Captain, he would know that 911 says it for a reason.
But in any event, he did make the choice to ignore it so it still goes towards intent and motive. Then add in his "these a******** always get away" and calling him an effin ****, which also goes torwards intent and motive.
JMHO