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Zimmerman had no responsibility to obey anything the 911 operator ( who usually aren’t police officers) said."

True but taking actions that result in a shooting death of an individual is. Had Zimmerman waited for the real police to come , none of this would have ever happened.

It was private property, wasn’t it?

Unclear. It only states he was walking home. According to some reports it happened on Martin's father's lawn. Still until Zimmerman approached Martin, no lives were endangered and no crime had taken place. Zimmerman's only reason for following Martin was Z's opinion that Martin was "suspicious"which doesn't rate "imminent danger"

Zimmerman had every right to ask an unfamiliar kid who he was and where he lived

And Martin had every right not to answer him...

...—if the kid answered normally, maybe none of this would have happened....

How the kid answered has no bearing as to how Zimmerman reacted. He could have told Z. to Go F***K himself and Z. has no right to lay a hand on him, much less shot him.

This is America after all, Home of Freedom of Speech, Not Nazi Germany.

I also know that many 17 year old black kids aren’t polite tykes who just eat Skittles and play hopscotch.

Whether or not Martin was polite isn't a reason for being gunned down.

What we do know that Martin was walking home, minding his own business until Zimmerman made it his business to interfer into this teenager's life and resulted in the death of an innocent life.

Most people can’t seem to turn this around at all.

If I was walking (WALKING!! NOT RUNNING!) in a neighborhood that I didn’t live in, but was vaguely familiar with, what would happen if some blow-hard sheriff wannabee zoomed up and accosted me with a ton of questions that basically were none of his dam business anyways?

Depending on my mood, heck, I might take a swing at him.

And tell ya what. Alot of FReepers would say the same thing!

According to some reports it happened on Martin's father's lawn.

NO. Martin's father only found out that Martin was dead when he reported him missing the next day and was told: yeah we've got a John Doe matching that description with a bullet in him. Is he yours?