Why all this bending over backwards to justify Zimmerman? If he was not armed it is highly unlikely he would gave shown such poor judgement. What kind of land of the free is it where people follow you around as though they are doing the community a service? If their are no witnesses to the initial confrontation why assume that Zimmermann was the victim? It's only because it suits peoples agenda that they assume Martin threw the first punch, that is a lot of presumption. If George pushed him, attempted to wrestle him or verbally threatened him the whole situation becomes far less cut and dry. Zimmerman was not threatened with a gun or faced with an intruder in his home and yet he is being portrayed as the poor wronged victim.