The basis for your statement please.
Zimmerman's statement to police hotline operator. "Oh crap, he's running" Zimmerman gets out of his truck to follow.
Police operator (translated from cop speak) "Don't do that"
Zimmaerman (frustrated) "These a***holes always get away" "Have the cops call me to find out where i am when they arrive"
Police operator (translated from cop speak) "Don't do that"
Zimmerman (frustrated) "These a***holes always get away" "Have the cops call me to find out where i am when they arrive"
Your post is a perfect example of how a story gets totally distorted from the truth.
First, you are correct that Zimmerman pursues Martin when he starts to run. The dispatcher asked if he was pursuing and Zimmerman replies yes. Dispatcher says "we don't need you to do that" and Zimmerman replies OKAY.
The statement about a**holes getting away was made BEFORE Martin started running, not during the 20-30 seconds Zimmerman pursued him.
Worst of all is your complete distortion of Zimmerman's request for the police to call him to tell them where to meet him. The dispatcher was discussing where Zimmerman should meet the police when they arrive and asked Zimmerman's address. Zimmerman hesistated saying he DIDN'T KNOW where Martin was and was afraid to give out his address so he asked to have the police call his phone.
Now my question to you is - are you just repeating what you heard without actually listening to the actual call yourself or are you deliberately distorting the facts to support an agenda?
I have a different translation. From a post I made elsewhere....
"I've been thinking about 'we don't need you to follow him'.
I can't imagine a situation where the police would advise a citizen to "follow" anyone.
Even if the police would very much appreciate you doing so in order that they would know where to look for the reported individual,
it would leave them wide open for liability if, as likely happened in this case, the concerned citizen were to be attacked.
It would explain why the concerned citizen wasn't instructed to NOT follow but only advised they didn't need him to."
When engaged in selective editing, it is accepted practice to use ellipses.
Employment of same conveys to your audience that not only are you aware that you've redacted, but also that you're being honest with them about it.
Your selective editing above is quite different than the actual quote: "we don't need you to do that"