Unfortunately so many cases can be described as "when idiots collide."
As much as I'd like to accept what Glenn and John say here, I always come back to the fact that Zimmerman got out of his car when specifically advised not to by the police dispatcher. That was the fatal choice.
And for anyone suggesting that Martin ought to have just said "my dad's place is right there" and defused the situation--why should he have? What right of information did he owe Zimmerman? If I'd been walking lawfully to the home of a parent--or a friend or relative--and a stranger demanded to know who I was and what I was doing there, I'd be pretty pissed off myself.
For me the only "why didn't he just" is Zimmerman staying in his car and waiting for the lawful authorities.
He remains with that culpability, morally, even if by law and fact he was properly acquitted, and if the full picture is as Glenn and John say, then I support that acquittal in law and fact.
Still wrong. He was already out of his car trying to answer the dispatcher's question and following when the dispatcher asked if he was following, and then said it wasn't necessary, to which Zimmerman acquiesced. Absolutely no evidence to support that he kept following after that.
Nope. Zimmerman exited the car in response to a dispatcher's query. And he had every right to do so. And Zimmerman didn't drag Martin back to the T to fight him. Martin left and came back looking for a fight. All by his lonesome.
Unfortunately so many cases can be described as "when idiots collide."
As much as I'd like to accept what Glenn and John say here, I always come back to the fact that Zimmerman got out of his car when specifically advised not to by the police dispatcher. That was the fatal choice.
And for anyone suggesting that Martin ought to have just said "my dad's place is right there" and defused the situation--why should he have? What right of information did he owe Zimmerman? If I'd been walking lawfully to the home of a parent--or a friend or relative--and a stranger demanded to know who I was and what I was doing there, I'd be pretty pissed off myself.
For me the only "why didn't he just" is Zimmerman staying in his car and waiting for the lawful authorities.
He remains with that culpability, morally, even if by law and fact he was properly acquitted, and if the full picture is as Glenn and John say, then I support that acquittal in law and fact.
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“ the fact that Zimmerman got out of his car when specifically advised not to by the police dispatcher.”
Never happened.
OK, you are correct.
"And after having been told by the radio dispatcher that they didn't need him to get out of his vehicle, he nevertheless got out of his vehicle."
I'm sorry that they spoke so courteously to him when the situation called for an imperative.
Still wrong. He was already out of his car trying to answer the dispatcher's question and following when the dispatcher asked if he was following, and then said it wasn't necessary, to which Zimmerman acquiesced. Absolutely no evidence to support that he kept following after that.
https://youtu.be/efEl02Q8ml4
So Martin dragged him out of his car?
Nope. Zimmerman exited the car in response to a dispatcher's query. And he had every right to do so. And Zimmerman didn't drag Martin back to the T to fight him. Martin left and came back looking for a fight. All by his lonesome.
Collision of idiots- good one! But what right did TM have to jump on a guy and pound his head onto the sidewalk? That is what got him shot.
I agree.