who's the prick? (I missed the TV coverage.) All prosecutors are pricks. Its their job.

My guess (again, I wasn't there) is Zimmerman believed he was acting in self defense because he was getting the crap beat out of him by one very pissed off kid.

His assailant was pissed because this stranger was following him around, asking questions, and trying to keep him from going back to his dad's apartment {a guy with no badge or uniform, an attitude and maybe flashing a gun). He reacted in very much the same way I would have reacted when I was his age if I thought some pervert with a gun was trying to give me orders. In fact, I'd probably do it right now, I know I can't outrun a bullet so I might as well go down swinging.

I agree with your assessment. The real villains are the stand your ground law, which made it all possible, and Zimmerman, for playing cop and deliberately ignoring excellent advice from his dispatcher. Your verdicts sound about right.

Still, we don't know what actually happened. There may be something more to this case we still don't know. Hopefully, it will come out at the trial.

I think your sentence of manslaughter or homicide without intent are probably what's right. But I doubt there will be enough evidence to make any charges stick. Still, Zimmerman should have been arrested and kept pending a full investigation. The fact he wasn't was because the authorities did not want to see this stand your ground law challenged. It has been very controversial here.

And I'd be willing to bet the orders to cover it all up right after the shooting came straight from Skinhead Scott's office in Tallahassee. The man is in the pocket of the NRA and American Legislative Exchange Council. They've been ramfodding stand your ground legislation through every conservative state legislature in the country (about 20 so far).