actually the 6'2 17 yr old who was in tip top shape was beating zimmerman up not the other way around.
and what if this punk had broken into ur garage and you urself were armed do you think that would have an impact on ur right to defend urself against someone smashing ur head on the ground if you decided to use ur gun to defend urself after chasing after him and catching him? cause carrying a gun is perfectly legal in a neighborhood you belong in if you have a pistol permit. just because some neighborhood watch rules prohibit it doesnt even remotely mean it was against any criminal laws.
this is a CRIMINAL court NOT a neighborhood watch hearing to decide if your fit to continue being a member of the neighborhood watch any longer.
and just because the police told him to back off doesnt mean anything really. there is absolutley nothing unlawful about following a person who you think is up to no good when ur the neighborhood watch captain. what crime did he commit by following after him when he decided to run? thats what neighborhood watch people do, they follow suspicious people. the police say that cause if they tell them to get involved and they get hurt or killed that persons family will come back and sue the PD.
just because you were FORCED to defend urself does not mean you cannot legally defend urself. no different then you chasing after a suspicious person running from ur yard as you pull up into ur driveway who you think to be a burglar. you may have have not actually seen him steal anything but the fact that he is running from you would surely make you think he has or was about to commit a crime.
if you chased him and he confronted you and began fighting with you and was on top of you smashing ur head into the ground you too may feel the need to use deadly force. especially if you felt he would take ur gun from you if you lost consciousness.
INNOCENT PEOPLE DONT RUN........
He was an A or B student with no criminal record not sure exactly what about him makes you think he is a punk but it is an opinion and you are entitled to it.
Broke into your garage and attacked you and you shot him? Clean shoot! Was Zimmerman in his garage? NO! Was Zimmerman even on his property ??? No!
He saw someone walking suspiciously??? What exactly about the way he was walking set off his "He is up to no good" radar???
This is a community that has been having problems a lot of problems with beak ins, home invasions. I understand that. Quite a few reports and the reports sharing something in common. Descriptions in several of the reports say young black male.
Zimmerman
Does this shed some light on what about him was suspicious??? Was he looking into cars testing door handles on cars? No... Was he hiding behind bushes trying to look in peoples apt's? That would be very suspicious but no that wasn't it... Did he have some kind weapon or screw driver in his hand... WTF exactly was it about the way this kid put one foot in front of the other walking to where he was staying tripped this mans wire and put him into hunt mode?
Don't get me wrong he was right to call the cops to get that person checked out the history in the community is more enough to justify a phone call to the cops. My point is, an innocent person confronted by a person in uniform police or some uniformed security personal is going to react differently.
INNOCENT PEOPLE DON"T RUN
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An unarmed woman alone walking home in the middle of the night being followed by someone wouldn't run???
An unarmed teenager alone walking home in the middle of the night being followed by someone wouldn't run???
Not sure why he stopped running maybe he didn't think he could loose him who knows??? Only Martin and Zimmerman can answer that since dead men tell no tales no point in asking.
You want to know who wouldn't run?
Some one who was armed
whether he was an innocent person or hard core criminal.
An innocent person being followed if he was smart would run far enough to get his hand on his gun and have it ready and confront him. With your gun in hand and ask "Why you following me?" He makes a false move pull the trigger. 17 yr olds can't carry
An armed criminal doesn't need a permit age is irrelevant you follow him he runs it will only be long enough to get the drop on you. He won't bother confronting you just squeeze the trigger drop you and run.
Armed criminals do run from cops because they know cops have guns to and there a lot more of them.
Want some what if scenarios???
What if someone is following your teenager home in your community are you scared for your kid and do you get defensive, like hand on the trigger defensive if you going confront this person??? This isn't uniformed officer, this isn't a uniformed security guard not even a giant reflective vest saying neighborhood watch.
Your teen runs from stalker, stalker hasn't seen you, do you drop him if you have a clean shot? Should Zimmerman have been following that kid if he was acting suspiciously? yeah. Was the kid acting suspiciously? No! The only suspicious thing that kid did was walking while he was black.
) start to get the best of the guy and the girl that he was "helping" turned against him to help the guy that was beating her arse. I'd do as Golden and assess the situation. You can't "always" just strap on your Superman vest and spring into action. That is 9 times out of 10 easier said than done.
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