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[WillowTree]

12. "....the kid is perfectly within his rights to beat the shit out of Zimmerman". Bullshit.

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Certainly within his rights to confront him and demand to know what his problem is, though I would argue that if one doesn't know who the guy is or what his problem is (or if he's got a weapon), it should only be done with acceptance of the fact that it could mean opening a Pandora's box. But no, merely being followed by some jerk or "feeling threatened" does not, by any stretch, give anyone the right to "beat the shit" out of him.

By your line of logic, if I'm walking down the street and there's a man.......say, a scary BLACK man.......walking a short distance behind me, and he keeps walking a short distance behind me, or even draws a little closer.......and I get to "feeling threatened", I would be within my rights to turn suddenly while yanking a switchblade out of my pocket and deposit it between his third and fourth ribs.

There's a long, long distance between "feeling threatened" and responding with violence.