[Rooivalk]

“but it appears this was a cold blooded killing that police thoroughly bungled” If this is how you see it then you’ve not been keeping up on the facts. Stop listening to the MSM on this and do a little reading into what happened. The evidence and the facts point to this shooting being a justified case of self defense. Just read some of the threads here on FR and you’ll see what I mean.

If Zimmerman had not chosen to leave his truck and follow Martin on foot the confrontation leading to the fight and shooting would never have occurred.

Zimmerman overstepped the bounds of his authority when he chose to disregard the advice of the police dispatcher and move to confront Martin

That much has been established by Zimmerman's own admissions

And choosing to close in on Martin made Zimmerman the aggressor in this situation. The fighting and use of a gun would never have occurred had Zimmerman decided to obey the law and just do his job as the neighborhood watch. The key word is WATCH. Not confront.

[Jack Burton007]

I see you’re still posting info that was given to you by the Mainsteam Media. Therefor you’re ignoring the current evidence that disputes your comments. If you are going to comment on a subject try to get up to date info on it otherwise you just look foolish.

Those who are making comments such as yours are too busy drinking the MSM koolaid and not thinking for themselves. If you’re here trying to rally up support for poor little Tryvon then I think you’re preaching to the wrong choir. We’re keeping up with all new information being released and much of what you have stated has been discredited as nothing more than the race baiter views.

Catch up or shut up.

[drbuzzard]

>If Zimmerman had not chosen to leave his truck and follow Martin on foot the confrontation leading to the fight and shooting would never have occurred.

This may well be true. However someone following you is not grounds to beat them up.

>Zimmerman overstepped the bounds of his authority when he chose to disregard the advice of the police dispatcher and move to confront Martin

What authority are you talking about? As a private citizen, he had the right to go any public place he wanted, and that includes following someone if he likes. Also, the suggestions of a police dispatcher are nothing more than suggestions, not in any way legally binding.

According to what I’ve read, Zimmerman was on his way back to the truck when he was assaulted. Seems to me like he gave up on the pursuit.

>And choosing to close in on Martin made Zimmerman the aggressor in this situation. The fighting and use of a gun would never have occurred had Zimmerman decided to obey the law and just do his job as the neighborhood watch. The key word is WATCH. Not confront.

Bollocks. Under no circumstances is someone following you equivalent to initiating violence. You can spin whatever you nonsense you like, but the person who started the violence here is to blame. Period. There is at least one witness that backs up Zimmerman’s story, and they say that the kid started the violence.

And let me once again state the obvious- following someone is not violence.