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It appears that Zimmerman also was not doing anything wrong or committing a crime...
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Right up until the point he shot and killed a teenager.
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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.
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This is very standard. Police will people not to follow or get involved; That's what the police are for.
Zimmerman completely over stepped his bounds here. When you see a problem, you call police and let them do their job. Instead, we had a "armed neighborhood watch" taking matters into his own hands. Just the fact that he was a member of the neighborhood watch AND armed says it all to me; The task of the neighborhood watch is just that - watch - and then report... Not forcing a confrontation carrying a firearm.
I don't think Zimmerman went out looking for trouble. I think he put himself in a bad situation, things got out of hand, and he panicked - and ended up shooting the kid and killing him.
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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.
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Well all we have is his word....
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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.
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I don't trust a word she says either. She was caught in a dozen lies before the trial started. I'm surprised that charges haven't been brought against her frankly.
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If...as Zimmerman has said...Martin was going for Zimmerman's gun and uttered a threat at the same time...that is "life threatening"..
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This is the problem with firearms - once a firearm is introduced a simple issue such as a fist fight quickly can become a life or death situation. In this case I find it hard to believe that Zimmerman felt threatened, if only because he was the only one who was armed.