Some people support those who work to protect the safety of their neighborhoods against the kind of crime that was coming into Zimmerman's neighborhood from the outside. Maybe home invasion crimes do not bother you. That "creepy man" as you called him lived in that neighborhood, which Trayvon Martin did not. He was on the community watch, and there was a highly visible community watch sign posted at the gate where Martin walked into the complex. So there is good reason to believe that Martin knew exactly why he was being observed and exactly who was observing him, the community watch. Zimmerman avoided a confrontation and observed from a distance. He had actually lost sight of Martin, but Martin turned around, walked all the way back towards Zimmerman, and brutally attacked him by sucker punching him and then getting on top of him and slamming his head repeatedly against a concrete walk. That is deadly force and attempted murder. Zimmerman stated that his gun was exposed while he was being beaten and Martin reached for it. In the situation that Martin created, what choice did Zimmerman have except to save his own life or be murdered, to shoot or be killed? Nobody has the right to do what Martin did on that night. He could have avoided any confrontation by simply walking into the residence where he was visiting or simply telling Zimmerman that he was visiting there. But he chose to commit a violent crime instead. Martin caused his own death.