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Originally Posted by GFED
If the suspect goes around a building, so must you in order to "observe".
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Really now. At night? So you mean to tell me that the average person would get out of their vehicle at night to pursue someone who they called 911 on because they believe said person is a burglar. Here's a question: Do you think Zimmerman would have done that if he wasn't armed?
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Originally Posted by GFED
Absolutely not. Using the word "pursue" instead of "observe" is an indication of trying to persuade the public into thinking that there was an intent of confrontation. There was never any intent of confrontation therefore George was not "pursuing" Trayvon. He followed only to observe at a safe distance.
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Pursuit is the deliberate act of following. And regardless of any intent of a confrontation (or not), a reasonable civilian would indeed consider the risk in following someone at night.
Zimmerman was reckless in carrying his pursuit of Martin and likely only felt safe enough to do it because he was armed. The prosecutor will highlight this.