“No matter what you might think, he has a right to get out of his car and speak to the teen. At least that is they way I see it.”
CCW classes teach the avoidance of potential conflcts because of the possiblity of escalation. This could have easily been avoided if Zimmerman had stayed in his car.
While I agree that it would have been wise to stay in his car just to avoid a confrontation, my point is that he has no legal obligation to stay in his car, and getting out of the car should have no legal bearing on the case. He has the right to speak to Martin, there is no legal reason he should not.
I will go even further and say that he may have had some reasons to get out of the car such as: perceived neighborhood safety, potential crime reduction, and preservation of his property values since he owned a home in the neighborhood.
While getting out of the car and confronting Martin may not have been prudent, it is not an unreasonable action.