this is true.
I’ve never said that I know what happened in the final altercation.
What I’m pointing out is that Zimmerman seemed to have a pattern prior to this night.
Other FReepers have posted about neighborhood watch...it doesn’t sound like you are supposed to “patrol” in the fashion Zimmerman had become accustomed to.
Why? Because it could lead to creating a situation that you cannot handle.
He could have just let the kid walk down the road back to the house.
According to published police records, Zimmerman lost the kid. He had no idea where the kid went....until said kid attacked him near his vehicle, got him to the ground and was beating him (as per on the record witness).
If the kid had lost Zimmerman, why not stay away and go home?
I repeat, it's not illegal to follow someone that is out of place in your neighborhood. It is illegal to attack someone when imminent threat to your safety is eliminated (meaning the kid had lost the guy, why go after him and beat him up?)
If he really believed Martin was running for the back exit ofthe community, he could have got back to his truck by 7:14, told the dispatcher he would wait for the police response at the lower corner of Twin Trees Lane, driven there where he would of had a clear non-confrontational view of Martin's only routes to the exit.
Of course Martin would "disapper" into the house where he was staying and Zimmerman would look slightly foolish (instead of at a possible 5 to 10 at the Graybar Hotel)