The point is, Trayvon ran, and he was following him. He sounded slightly out of breath to me, but I know there's no room for my opinions in this discussion. Also, it's possible that it was a windy day, but it's also highly possible that the wind noises were from him running while on the cell phone.
Keep ignoring context. Yes, that is an oversimplication of the events that took place. Zimmerman started it by following the kid around reporting him to the police "for no goddamn reason". This resulted in him shooting and killing a kid. Do you believe that Trayon just attacked him 100% unprovoked? They were both just strolling along minding their own business and then Trayvon came up and attacked him?
Zimmerman didn't look to be a particularly "in shape" guy. Keeping up with a running 17 year old would have left him a bit winded IMO, and I didn't hear that.
Again, you start from a preconceived point of view that "Zimmerman started it". Zimmerman didn't do anything illegal by following him. Could he reasonably expect that in doing so, he might some day be the victim of an
illegal assault? Yes! Does that make someone who assaults him justified in doing so? Seems to in your mind, if I read you correctly.
Yes, I believe Trayvon attacked without any legal provocation. The problem being he, like you, seem to think you are legally justified in going on the attack if someone is following you. In reality, I don't think Trayvon put that much though in to it. I think it's like you stated, his "primal instincts" kicked in. Therein, IMHO, is the base of the problem. Wrongheaded thinking. "That old guy keeps following me, and I'm going to put a stop to it by kicking his ass". People that think that way will end up one of a few ways, charged with assault, or getting the shit kicked out of them and charged with assault, or getting killed and it being justifiable due to self defense.
The world would be better off with more proactive neighborhood watch people, and less people that think it's ok to attack the neighborhood watch because their "primal instinct" kicked in. I put a lot of folks in jail that live their entire lives on "primal instinct". Humans are supposed to be able to apply reason, and logical thought.