So he could point the police in the right direction once they arrived on the scene.
Anybody want to tackle that question?
He was Neighborhood Watch, tough to watch without maintaining sight.
The question you Zimmerman supporters try to dance around was why did he have to “maintain sight”?
Ummm... so police could find Martin once they arrived? (btw you have asked this question before and it has been answered over and over and over......)
“By his own admission he had not observed Martin committing any crime”
The phone call transcript indicates Zimmerman had observed Martin acting suspiciously. (and again you keep repeating the same things over and over and over...)
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Maybe because he was concerned about the safety of his neighborhood. Being part of the Neighborhood Watch, about which Sanford Police say: "Training provided by law enforcement agencies to Neighborhood Watch organizations stresses non-contact surveillance of suspicious situations and notifying police of those situations so that law enforcement can respond and take control of the situation."
"Surveillance" would be "maintaining sight," in case you didn't make that connection. And he did call police, in case you missed that, too.
Frankly, I am a little tired of the idea that Zimmerman leaving his car was even unreasonable, much less illegal. One might argue it was poor judgment, as Zimmerman might (in fact, did) put himself at risk, but there is nothing illegal or threatening about walking around your own neighborhood. Or even asking a stranger what he's doing there. It certainly doesn't give that stranger a right to punch you.
Now we don't know for a fact that it happened exactly the way Zimmerman says, but his leaving the car and trying to keep an eye on Martin is certainly no reason to doubt it.
Go to the Sanford link in post #16 and read the burglary reports and see if you can find a common denominator, including the home invasion with the frightened woman hiding in her locked bedroom with the intruders trying to enter only to run when police arrive.
Pursue: 1 : to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, or defeat. (Merriam Webster)
There is no evidence that Zimmerman was pursuing Martin. The evidence shows that he was following him in order to maintain visual contact. Completely legal.
Anybody want to tackle that question
Yeah sure, he thought Martin was acting suspicious many burglaries recently, common sense says he tried to maintain sight to see if Martin broke into a house or where he went so he could tell the cops when they got there-he knew they were on their way so why would nhe shoot someone without reason when he kney the cops woudl be there very soon? If he was on top of Martin pummeling him how would that look when the cops showed up? Martin had no wounds accordingf to funeral director so why would he be screaming, did he want his skittles that bad to scream for them?
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