Not gonna lie - I'd probably also get pretty pissed off / hostile if someone started following me!
I mean, what if they follow me to my house, and my family is there, what if I feel my family is in danger!
I'm not saying I agree with what Zimmerman did.... But more violence after the fact will not make things better... None of these people were in the jury room during deliberations.... this is the system that governs the country and the rule of law and it should just be respected.
it's only smart - if a 200 pound man with a gun pulls up and jumps out of his truck - that you scram.
I know, many getbiggers say "i'd stand there and shake his hand", etc - but in the rainy night, dude with decent size jumps out and starts chasing - sometimes it makes more sense to jog outta there, and reassess. LET the guy chase you for 1-2 blocks while you prepare weapon, call 911, demand he stop pursuit, let him know you fear for life... at the very least, the police will see you made an effort to retreat while this guy was coming at you in a scary manner.
People who say "i'd stand there and do nothing" make great innocenet victims. Trayvon should have just kept runnning all the way home - then called 911 on his own and let them know zimmerman was chasing people. He may have lost his neighborhood watch certification (or jacket or whatever he had). Following is one thing - chasing is another. Zimm admits on tape "he's running away".