Norm, 911 dispatchers have no police powers at all. They can’t order citizens to do anything. That is irrelevant to the case legally. The only legal question at issue is who was the aggressor. If Zimmerman was not the physical aggressor he is well within the law shooting Martin while being beaten and screaming for help. Which never came btw. Good neighbors and all.
If he was the physical aggressor then he’ll go to jail but the state has to prove that, they can’t just feel it. Based on the lack of an arrest that evidence will not be forth coming.
Was he ‘deputized’ by local police to patrol? I thought you had to go to meetings to setup a Neighborhood watch like this.. be a member of a recognized group? Is there a limit to what weapon they can carry, what about training, do they wear a uniform to make them more recognizable to any police who might be sent where they report something?
regardless, It’s a harsh lesson for ‘self-policing’ and the state of affairs in Florida too if we’re left with this as justice and don’t learn from it.. jmo