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The 911 operator told him to stop following him. It sounds like he didn’t listen. I imagine if somebody started following me through a neighborhood, I would go over and talk to them too.

The 911 operator told him to stop following him.

Now you are out and out lying (or trolling). He said "you don't need to do that." But I'll give you the last word 'cause I'm not going waste any more time on you.

"I would go over and talk to them too."

Talk to him? Or start beating the crap out of him...and not relenting when the person is screaming for mercy?

"I would go over and talk to them too."

Talk to him? Or start beating the crap out of him? And not relent even as the person is screaming for mercy?

The 911 operator told him to stop following him. It sounds like he didn’t listen. I imagine if somebody started following me through a neighborhood, I would go over and talk to them too.

I'm going to offer you a suggestion. Whether you take it or not is up to you.

You have a pre-conceived notion of what happened, and are twisting the narrative to fit it. None of the facts (as they are coming out) support your pre-conceived notion.

Both parties were on their cell phones: Zimmerman to the police, and Martin to his girlfriend.
The recording of Zimmerman indicates that he was actually confronted by Martin, not the other way around.
Martin's girlfriend provided an interview to ABC News. Her account also indicates that Martin confronted Zimmerman.
"Following" someone is not a crime. The 911 operator had no authority to order Zimmerman to stop doing so. That requires a LEO on the scene.
"Being followed" is not a justification for the use of force in self-defense. That requires an explicit threat or an incontrovertible fear of bodily harm.
By your own account, you would have gone over to talk to someone that is following you. I would do the same. But, the evidence indicates that Martin subsequently escalated to the use of force (and at least in Texas, deadly force by striking Zimmerman in the head).

Did Zimmerman act wisely? I wasn't there, and I don't know his experiences. I do know that the Neighborhood Watch program was an attempt to reduce the spike in property crimes that have recently occurred in the development. But, there's no indication that Zimmerman did not violate ANY law.

Zimmerman -- by his account, by the recordings, and by witnesses -- did not initiate the use of force. Martin did, and it wasn't justifiable under the law. Unless more evidence becomes public that contradicts that, Zimmerman acted in self-defense.

All Martin had to do was tell Zimmerman that he was a guest of his father's girlfriend, and there would have been no escalation to violence. Zimmerman may not have believed him, but that would have been an easy question to solve -- by either walking together to her residence, or calling her.

Barring new and contradictory evidence, the outcome was Martin's responsibility.