04-12-2012, 06:16 PM
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Location: Pennsylvania
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Originally Posted by pr0phet
Didnt he do exactly what neighborhood watch is setup for?
Followed a suspicious person and called 911.. isnt that textbook neighborhood watch?
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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
hmm im not sure but both lived in the same complex. its hard to think that he doesn't see all the teenage kids that come and go. we have a block watch captain and he knows everyone on my block.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trayvon...orh ood_watch
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As the only person to volunteer,[42] Zimmerman was appointed neighborhood watch coordinator by his neighbors, according to Wendy Dorival, Neighborhood Watch organizer for the Sanford Police Department.[47] The February 2012 homeowner association newsletter requested that crime victims "call our captain, George Zimmerman" after calling the police.[10] "He once caught a thief and an arrest was made," said Cynthia Wibker, secretary of the homeowners association, referring to Zimmerman.[42]
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Zimmerman was a criminal justice student and also licensed to carry a firearm.[42] Sanford police chief Bill Lee stated that neighborhood watch volunteers are not encouraged to carry a gun but have a Constitutional right to do so.[42] Lee further stated, "Mr. Zimmerman was not acting outside the legal boundaries of Florida Statute by carrying his weapon when this incident occurred."[54]
Sanford Police volunteer program coordinator Wendy Dorival told The Miami Herald she met Zimmerman in September 2011 at a community neighborhood watch presentation. Dorival stated she gave a warning in regard to vigilante behavior at that meeting: "I said, 'If it's someone you don't recognize, call us. We'll figure it out. Observe from a safe location.' There's even a slide about not being vigilante police. I don't know how many more times I can repeat it."[42]
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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
hmm im not sure but both lived in the same complex.
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Martin lived with his mother and older brother in Miami Gardens, Florida. On the day he was shot, he was visiting his father and his father's fiancée at her townhome in The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida
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