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Originally Posted by Rochard
I disagree. Martin was doing nothing wrong, and committed no crime. Zimmerman confronted him, or at the very least put himself int a situation where there was a confrontation with Martin. He followed Martin after 911 told him not to.
I don't see deadly force being justified here at all. Martin didn't have a gun, a knife, a baseball bat, or a even a rock. All he had was a bag of skittles. There's no doubt in my mind that Martin was getting the best of Zimmerman, but Zimmerman walked away with a bloody lip and two cuts. That's not"life threatening".
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It appears that Zimmerman also was not doing anything wrong or committing a crime...and Zimmerman was already following Martin when the 911 dispatcher ask him if he was following Martin. When Zimmerman told the 911 dispatcher that he was the dispatcher did not tell Zimmerman not to follow but did say you do not need to do that. The 911 dispatcher said that he was not allowed to give any orders to people on 911 calls...because that would make the department liable...that he could only advise. Zimmerman said...in an interview...that he had lost sight of Martin and was returning to his car/truck when Martin appeared out of the darkness and confronted him.
The girl that Martin called during this event testified that she had told Martin to run home when he told her that he was being followed by a "Creepy ass cracker"...he told her that he would not run away...and that at some point she heard Martin confront Zimmerman...not the other way around.
If...as Zimmerman has said...Martin was going for Zimmerman's gun and uttered a threat at the same time...that is "life threatening"..