So are we saying that the act of walking behind someone is assault?
He stopped three times on opposite ends of the neighborhood and stared down Trayvon from his truck before getting out of the car to look for him with a gun on his hip. Even if Trayvon didn't know he had a gun, it could still be considered a threatening act.
It's a stretch. Trayvon had lost him and was only a few hundred feet from his destination where his father was. He could have easily been home in less than 20 seconds if he felt threatened.
I was under the impression his father was not home, it was just TM and his younger brother. The most likely scenario in my mind is TM putting some distance between himself and GZ but did not want to lead this creep stalking him to where his little brother is. Instead, he chose to confront the stalker.
I don't think it is likely TM initiated the physical confrontation, it is a million times more likely GZ did to keep TM from getting away. If TM was as "hard" as some posters claim due to the issues at school, texts and facebook pics he would of confronted GZ immediately and never tried to evade Captain Courage.
