When "Neighborhood Watch" Gets Out of Hand

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Trayvon Martin: There are other issues.


Editor, Times-Dispatch:

I think that is a valid point. Martin would certainly have a valid right to defend himself from some guy that is following him and coming towards him.

However, Zimmerman claims that Martin attacked him from behind while he was walking back to his car. If that is what happened, Martin could not argue that he was standing his ground.

Even if Martin was simply "standing his ground", at some point he is on top of Zimmerman pounding him in the face and banging his head against the pavement. At what point does Zimmerman have the right to use deadly force to save himself from death (plenty of people have died in fist fights) or great bodily harm, such as ending up in a coma from head injuries?