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The police have yet to arrest Zimmerman, apparently because Florida’s Stand Your Ground law entitled Zimmerman to use deadly force.
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We're not so sure of that. The law allows for lethal force if "necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another" or "to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony." Whether or not that was the case here will (and should) be weighed by a grand jury.
The law protects me if another party threatens harm, but nowhere in its text does it protect me if I initiate or escalate a situation to violence.