He spoke to a 911 operator who is not a cop and can not issue lawful orders to anybody at any time. Lott addresses this in his article. The suggestion from the operator is not a lawful order and is in fact a canard and irrelevant legally.
Well, if this case gets decided by a jury of ordinary people, I think that some jurors might look less favorably upon Zimmerman’s actions if he left his truck and approached the kid after the 911 folks suggested he back off. It doesn’t appear that the fight took place inside the truck. I guess Zimmerman could testify that he didn’t believe that 911 folks had the authority to keep him from approaching the kid, but I’m not sure that kind of testimony would endear him to some jurors.
We’ll just have to see what the facts turn out to be. Maybe he was already outside the truck when he got the admonition.