Martin did not observe the commission of a felony or other offense and he was told not to pursue by the police. Furthermore, from what I have read so far, Martin was not even trespassing. Zimmerman is not protected by a citizens arrest statute. He shouldn’t have pursued.
For the 100th time, he was told no such thing. And my post indicated that inherent in the right of a citizen to make an arrest is the necessity that a citizen be able to determine that an offense occurred, which implicitly allows a citizen to gather information leading to such an arrest, so long as they break no laws during such information gathering.
Furthermore, from what I have read so far, Martin was not even trespassing. Zimmerman is not protected by a citizens arrest statute. He shouldn’t have pursued.
All irrelevant. It is not unlawful for me to walk up to someone and ask them what they are doing.