walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[HairOfTheDog]

Sooooo, T knows that George has a gun but George has forgotten he does?

Really hoping that George Zimmerman takes the stand.

I have so many questions from his written statement that night that I hope are addressed during the trial.

Here's one that bothers me.

George says Trayvon emerged from the darkness after he called 911 dispatch and went out to look for a street sign and to see what way the "suspect" had headed.

He says that when Trayvon asked him if had a problem, that he (George) made a conscious decision not to identify himself as NW or tell him that he'd called authorities because he didn't want to cause a confrontation. Instead, he just told Trayvon, "no".

Then, George says that Trayvon said, "you do now". At which time, George says that he reached for his cell phone to call 911 again and Trayvon punched him in the face.

My question is, if George thought that Trayvon would be provoked by authority, rather than diffused by it, why would he think that calling authorities right in front of Trayvon would be any less likely to cause a confrontation than telling Trayvon he was NW or that he'd just called authorities? It makes no sense at all to me.

And, since George chose never to identify himself, when he reached for his cell phone, is it reasonable to assume that Trayvon might have thought he was reaching for something else? Was that something else possibly visible at that time?

I'd like to hear George explain the rationale for some of his decisions that night and his perceptions of Trayvon's reaction to him, under oath and under cross examination. In conjunction with the forensics and time line, that's the best hope for determining whether his version of events is truth or fiction, imo.

Here's George's written statement that night, for reference:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/...cript.html