For the morons perpetuating the whole "stalking" bullshit with Zimmerman.
When the 911 dispatcher told Zimemrman "you don't need to do that" when questioned if he was following martin or not, Zimmerman did stop and start walking back to his truck. That's when he was jumped by Martin. Martin sucker punched Zimmerman, then jumped on top of Zimmerman in a "mounted" position and started to beat the holy shit out of him. At one point, Zimmerman's jacket fell open exposing his gun. Martin made a grab for it. A struggle ensued, and Zimmerman was able to draw the weapon and shoot Martin once in the chest.
All of this is confirmed by eye witness testimony, forensic evidence, and testimony by Martin's girlfriend who was talking to Martin on his cell phone at the time.
The defense wasn't able to refute a single part of the narrative, and the Jury rightfully was able to discern the truth. Please note that the "Stand your ground" laws had nothing to do with the case.
And whether Zimmerman tortured small dogs, beat his girlfriend, or wanted to be a cop is completely immaterial to the events of the case.