I wholey agree Zimmerman was under no requirement to follow the advice of the dispatcher. Never said he was legally obligated to follow their advice.
What I said was, he chose not to follow that advice, just like he chose to leave his vehicle in the first place, instead of just calling it in and waiting.
Zimmerman’s got culpability here, trying to claim otherwise is just living in denial.
Zimmerman should face manslaughter charges, and frankly, I suspect he’s going to lose. Time will tell.
Damned copycat. I'd get out of my car and start following YOU after you took my catch phrase like that, ya bast'd.
If George Zimmerman had known his sighting of Martin would end the way it did, I'm sure he would've proceeded differently.
However, let's be fair. What would YOU do, if you saw a stranger skulking about suspiciously in your neighborhood?
Presumably you would you call police.
And that's what Zimmerman did.
And presumably you would try to watch to stranger's movements so you could give the police an idea of his location.
And that's what Zimmerman did.
And presumably you would retreat to your vehicle, if you lost sight of the suspicious stranger.
And that's what Zimmerman did.
It was at that point, near his vehicle, that Zimmerman was confronted from behind by Martin, who said "You got a problem, ________ [expletive deleted]? -- and when Zimmerman answered "No," he was sucker punched by Martin, knocked to the ground, and had his head banged repeatedly on the concrete.
What, exactly, would you have done differently, if you had been George Zimmerman?