They all so conveniently pass right over Z's reply to the statement, "We don't need you to do that"
it is
"OK"
Here's a guy that has done everything for the previous years by the book ... going to school, volunteering for duty, performing in that duty, calling, calling, calling ...
And there is nothing ... NOTHING to indicate he did anything OTHER than stop following.
Maybe he didn't go back to his truck fast enough for your liking .. he stopped following.
I think he "tailed" him, maybe .. surveiled him ... .
IF Z stopped following and ultimately ended up in an altercation, st martin caused it.
If Zimmerman had set out from the beginning to shoot Martin (or cause him any harm), then he sure as hell wouldn’t have called the police first.
When the racists saw the name “Zimmerman” they jumped the gun. They thought he was a Jew and they could hang him out to dry. When it turned out he was a dark-skinned young man, they simply double-downed, embarrassed at their stupidity, but refusing to let go. As a New Yorker who lived through Bernie Goetz, I’ve seen it all before.
Of course, those of us who have lived in inner cities, learn very early to profile people. It’s the only way to survive.
The “dispatcher” was apparently repeated asking Zim for street addresses. Zim had to get close to the buildings in the dark and rain to get an appropriate house and street #. “Dispatcher” apparently asked Zim “Where is he now” or Which way did he go” etc.