Right. “We don’t need you to do that” is the dispatcher explicitly saying that they are not instructing GZ to follow Trayvon. They are also not instructing GZ to NOT fllow Trayvon. GZ was free to follow his own judgement.
RE: “We don’t need you to do that” is the dispatcher explicitly saying that they are not instructing GZ to follow Trayvon. They are also not instructing GZ to NOT fllow Trayvon. GZ was free to follow his own judgement.
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And GZ STOPPED following Trayvon.
After approaching Zimmerman and circling his vehicle menacingly, Martin ran off between two long rows of homes.
Zimmerman told the dispatcher Martin was running, and tried to get to a position where he could see Martin to direct the police he believed to be on the way and due to arrive at any minute. By the time he was able to leave his vehicle, Martin was long gone, and Zimmerman told the dispatcher he had lost him and was returning to his vehicle to meet the officers.
Zimmerman hung up, and within seconds was APPROACHED by Martin, who punched Zimmerman in the nose and took him to the ground. Martin repeatedly pounded his head into the concrete sidewalk while Zimmerman screamed for help.
This was seen and heard by multiple witnesses, and recorded – poorly — by the police as a witness called 911.