Did Martin have a right to get to his home without incident, like Sharpton implies?

Of course he had a right to go home without incident. And Zimmerman had a right to follow him since his actions apparently seemed suspicious. However being followed is not a reason to confront the other person. As long as no action against Martin took place he brought the fight on himself apparently.

According to the timeline, he could have easily gotten home without incident. For what ever reason, he did not. That was his (bad) decision.

Zimmerman could have waited at his car for the police, avoiding the fight. That was his (bad) decision.

Both made very bad decisions.

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"Renowned forensics expert Vincent Di Maio may have been one of Zimmerman's strongest witnesses. He told the jury that the pattern of powder burns and other forensic evidence on Martin's body indicated that the teenager's sweatshirt was two to four inches away from his body at the time he was shot, meaning that Martin was leaning forward over Zimmerman when he was killed.

"The medical evidence is consistent with his [Zimmerman's] statement," Di Maio told the Florida court."

You need to see the truth and quit believing what the liberal media has told you. Martin wasn't harassed and Zimmerman didn't stalk him. Zimmerman didn't leave his vehicle until Martin started running (listen to the dispatch tapes) The dispatcher asked Zimmerman "which way is he going" which is when Zimmerman got out fo his vehicle. I would say Martin acted suspiciously. By the way, Martin didn't live in that neighborhood, he was visiting his father.

Yes, he should have been able to get home without incident. But in light of all the evidence, Zimmerman was also right to be suspicious. At the end of the day, BOTH parties made mistakes, but it was Trayvon who endangered Zimmerman's life, thus allowing his life to be taken lawfully.

Martin did have a right to get to his home without incident... and he could have... but he CHOSE not to by confronting Zimmerman.

The 17 year old's actions weren't commendable but it gives an adult NO RIGHT to shoot to kill him b/c the teens reaction was to fight.

When the adult was losing, he could have fired a warning shot or even somewhere non-lethal, like the leg...GZ is a mentally ill person who should not be allowed to own guns.

But since I don't have a kajillion dollars like the NRA does, any common sense I utter does not matter...

irritated white woman

@ rothe, are you a troll or just a liar?

He should have! Instead, he attacked Zimmerman, who had as much right to be there as Trayvon did. Trayvon was a thug who want to be a tough guy and it didn't work out too well for him.

If you walk up to people's porches in a gated community, raining or not, something's up. It wasn't a case of walking while black, it was a case of a possible vandal casing out homes in the area. Whether or not Martin had that intention, there was no reason to go up to these peoples homes and stand in their front doorway.

Trayvon was high while doing just that.

"there was no reason to go up to these peoples homes and stand in their front doorway."

Well except to ask to use the phone to report someone suspicious following you.

Why on earth does anyone listen to what Sharpton says? He harps about racism, and he's the biggest racist on the planet. Are people just too stupid to figure this out?