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Why Did Zimmerman get out of the Car? (Vanity)
July 14, 2013 | Self (Vanity)

Posted on 07/14/2013 2:13:05 PM PDT by katieanna

Excuse the vanity, but the matter of Zimmerman getting out of his vehicle has not been understood by me. Why did that occur? I have not followed the trial as closely as many have and I've never quite gotten that. Thanks in advance. Kate


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To: katieanna

A valid question. I imagine I might have done the same if lost track of a suspicious person in my neighborhood AND I was the neighborhood watch volunteer. I would have provided his whereabouts to the police and then returned to my car.


21 posted on 07/14/2013 2:19:17 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: katieanna
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22 posted on 07/14/2013 2:19:18 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Livin_large

Thank you. That makes sense.


23 posted on 07/14/2013 2:19:38 PM PDT by katieanna
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To: katieanna
My recollection is that St. Trayvon had slipped out of sight, and the operator asked Zimmerman if he could still see him. He got out and looked. He asked if the operator wanted him to follow on foot. The operator said, "We don't need you to do that." So he headed back to the car.

But the THC-paranoid child Trayvon had doubled back, and snuck up on Mr. Zimmerman before he could get to his car. Then the altercation occurred, with long-lasting consequences for the 12-year-old choirboy, I mean the 17-year-old burglar-thug. That's what I recall.

24 posted on 07/14/2013 2:19:43 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: katieanna

He passed a stinky one, and the windows were stuck.


25 posted on 07/14/2013 2:19:47 PM PDT by MNDude (The system worked!)
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To: katieanna

Your “understanding” is incorrect. Regardless of what MSNBC and DU spoon fed you, Zimmerman was in his rights to walk the streets, get into and out of his car and in the end, defend his life.


26 posted on 07/14/2013 2:20:06 PM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: JRandomFreeper

IF Trayvon had a right to be in the complex, so did George. If Trayvon had a right to be walking on the sidewalk, so did George.

What happened here could have been avoided by one party not deciding he was not shown proper respect and starting a fight instead of being civilized and talking to someone, rather than being gangsta tough and smacking someone down and not bothering to determine what was even going on.

If you want to talk about someone making assumptions, that BDLR said, it was Trayvon who made a bunch of assumptions , beginning with the “nigga” that was following him, and the “crazy ass cracker” he was obviously pissed off at before he ever said one word to him. He just assumed the worst, and assumed the guy dissed him and assumed the guy for no other reason than that deserved an ass-kicking from trayvon himself.


27 posted on 07/14/2013 2:20:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: katieanna

Ok. How far from the car did the shooting take place?


28 posted on 07/14/2013 2:20:30 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: katieanna
Before George got out of the car he ate breakfast, then lunch, then dinner and got in the car, should he have just stayed in bed that day?

Maybe he should have moved to Alaska after lunch.

29 posted on 07/14/2013 2:20:57 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Thank you. I appreciate that answer. I haven’t followed the case as closely and wanted to know what happened there. I like how you explained it. thanks


30 posted on 07/14/2013 2:20:57 PM PDT by katieanna
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To: katieanna

see my prior first post to you.


31 posted on 07/14/2013 2:21:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: katieanna
He was not told to stay put!

The exact words were "you don't have to do that" , thus absolving any dispatcher of any consequences regardless of what took place. If he stayed in the car and did nothing, or if he followed to see where he was going, the 911 operator was okeedokee.

32 posted on 07/14/2013 2:21:42 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: katieanna

From a legal standpoint it is irrelevant. I suspect he was trying to keep an eye on Trayvon from a distance. He had no idea how close Trayvon was or he probably wouldn’t have gotten out.

If we had ham, we could have eggs if we had eggs.

In the eyes of the law, Z was attacked while walking down a path. In resonse, he used his gun to defend his life. Any assumptions or actions Taryvon or Z made up to the point of Trayvon’s attack just don’t matter....and they both made assumptions took actions they should not have done....


33 posted on 07/14/2013 2:22:02 PM PDT by Mustangman (The GOP)
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To: katieanna

No, he wasn’t told any such thing.


34 posted on 07/14/2013 2:22:18 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: katieanna

He was already out of the car when advised not to follow. Did he get in and back out again. He was advised not to follow and his answer was ok. There is no evidence he started following again.


35 posted on 07/14/2013 2:23:08 PM PDT by freedomrings69
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To: blackdog

I thought the exact words were “we don’t need you to do that.”


36 posted on 07/14/2013 2:23:18 PM PDT by anton
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To: katieanna

Because it has doors that open and close.


37 posted on 07/14/2013 2:23:55 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: katieanna
As others already mentioned, you can't stay in the car forever :-) But if I try to answer seriously, a neighborhood watchman is supposed to watch for unusual happenings. Sometimes a car is not a good vantage point. Then you get out and pick another location. There is nothing illegal in getting out of the car (that was properly parked, by the way) and walking around the place. It's what those sidewalks are for. GZ walked there first to keep TM in sight, and when that failed he was looking for the house number because the dispatcher asked him about that.
38 posted on 07/14/2013 2:23:59 PM PDT by Greysard
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To: katieanna

“My understanding is that Zimmerman phoned 911 from inside his car and was told to stay put and not to pursue TM.”

People who answer the phone for a living have to right to order you to do anything. You might be a sheep, many are not.


39 posted on 07/14/2013 2:25:08 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: katieanna
Zimmerman Reenactment.mpeg

Spend 12 minutes watching that and you will expand your knowledge of the story geometrically.

40 posted on 07/14/2013 2:25:09 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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