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Look up the laws in the states where you plan on having altercations.

Lawyers have twisted the words of the Laws to defend their Criminal Clients as they are mandated to do; setting precedents that render laws impotent or favor the Criminal.

Then there is the simple fact that Laws only apply after the Crime Fact; too late to save the Victim.

However, had Trayvon succeeded in killing the Zim - No State Law Broken

Au contraire. mon frere....
SYG was the principal reason given for not arresting and charging the Zim immediately following the shooting.

Z is the only one that knows that.

If his actual claim of looking for a Street Number and He was attacked is true then He did not take the Law into His own hands. but, know one knows if that is true but Z.

The Participants Handbook is not the Law unless it is written into the Law.

I don't even know what that means and don't feel like looking it up right now.

It came as a huge surprise to the Zim that he would end up killing the first one of those *****ing ******s that he followed.....

unknown, but he certainly forgot the part about -

Do not take any risks to prevent a crime or try to make an arrest.

and

The responsibility for apprehending criminals belongs to the police/sheriff

Z "may" be the only one who has the answer, if he's lying. If he's telling the truth then the answer is before us.

It was only a risk if M made it so.

Z was attempting to apprehend M, was he?

Twist it however hard you need to in order to fit your personal bias.... it's OK.

I would call it a risk, especially in light of the Zim's call to the PD. He had every expectation that he was confronted with a criminal. Which part of that isn't taking a risk?
Is it not a risk because he knew he was packing iron, and could waste the guy if he had too?

He was not confronted with a criminal. He saw somebody acting suspiciously.

"We don't need you to do that" is not the same as, "Don't do that". One is an implied suggestion, the other is a direct order.

Wendy Dorival, who coordinated neighborhood watch programs for the Sanford, Florida, Police Department in 2012, testified Tuesday that George Zimmerman was specifically told not to pursue suspicious people in the gated community where he lived.
See Zimmerman's neighborhood watch guide: PDF | HLNtv.com

http://cnninsession.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/watchpart1_rotated.pdf

The police department official who worked with George Zimmerman on establishing a neighborhood watch program at a gated community in Sanford, Fla., testified Tuesday that members of such groups were not supposed to follow suspicious people and were told to stand aside and allow the police to do their jobs.
Rules for neighborhood watch discussed in George Zimmerman trial - Los Angeles Times