SAPD: Man defends girlfriend; shoots robbery suspects

[branford]

25. According to the evidenced adduced at trial,

Zimmerman may have followed Martin because he believed him engaged in criminality (although the evidence also indicated he stopped the pursuit prior to the altercation). Martin purportedly attacked Zimmerman just for following him, and more importantly, Zimmerman did not employ lethal force, i.e, fire his gun, until after Martin was slamming his head against the ground.

I would suggest you become familiar with the laws about what is generally permissible on public property, as well as the laws of self-defense in your jurisdiction and others. When discussing criminal matters where a trial has actually occurred, it is also prudent to rely on actual evidence in any discussion, rather than belief, hope and bias.