What’s very interesting is that there has been at least one investigator with a clear, stated bias against Zimmerman actively working the case since nearly a month ago. Talk about contradicting the media narrative.
I guess we will find out whether he actually found anything, but it’s my assumption that this theory was just speculation on Serino’s part.
I think even if there was a first conversation, as recounted, and then the recorded call (and that combination has Z and TM in visual contact for longer than the recorded call), the ultimate conclusion doesn't change, because the ultimate conclusion is driven 100% by the confrontation that ended in a shooting.
BUT, if Serino is fabricating a first encounter, and alleging a race-based bias ("profiling") "between the lines," then he has an agenda of his own, and he is willing to be dishonest to advance it.
He could also be an insider feeding crap to ABC.
Another observation. This "first encounter" is contradicted by Crump's recounting of DeeDee's phone conversation, too. Only one initiation of verbal contact in the DeeDee/Crump version of events, and that encounter is the one that ended with TM dead.