Wickham: How did Zimmerman become victim?
Zimmerman, a 29-year-old white Hispanic who had a loaded gun stuffed in his pants the night of his deadly encounter with the black teen, had Florida law -- and the suppressed issue of race -- on his side. The state's self-defense statute favored this gun-toting man who pursued the frightened boy. That law became Zimmerman's get-out-of-jail-free ticket the moment his lawyers argued their client pumped a bullet into Martin's chest because he was losing the fistfight his actions precipitated.