Not at all. Imagine that Zimmerman was in fact an on-duty cop and exactly the same scenario went down. The only thing that changes is, Zimmerman is a cop with a gun instead of a citizen with a gun.
My point is that you don’t go to lethal force lightly, which is why cops are held to a high standard, travel in pairs, have years of training, lots of legal oversight, internal affairs departments, etcetera.
None of that really exists for citizens carrying lethal force who can deploy it at will under the banner of self-defense and Stand Your Ground if they feel threatened and can self-evaluate at any time to “I thought I might get killed, so…”
No cop could ever get away with this, but that’s exactly what this case proved a citizen can do.
