profiling

[victor steinbok]

That's not the only bidirectional issue. Under Florida law, it is possible
for both people in a confrontation of this sort to claim self-defense under
the Stand Your Ground statute, but only one of them would win the lottery.

Since self-defense is not available to an aggressor, this is going to be an
important point of legal contention. Zimmerman will undoubtedly claim that
the "confrontation" in which he was in fear of imminent danger to himself
started when he was punched in the face. It is the prosecution's job to
either prove that he had provoked the punch directly or that the
confrontation started when Zimmerman started following Martin--and,
therefore, it was Martin who would have been able to claim self-defense,
had he managed to kill Zimmerman.

VS-)

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> A friend's interpretation: "They were probably profiling each other. Each
> one thought the other was acting suspicious."
>
> JL
>

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