Learn to read. I said he was doing nothing illegal or suspicious to warrant the call to police and for Zimmerman to confront him.
Really? Perhaps you should do some more reading, yourself. Zimmerman did not confront Martin, Ca Patriot. It was Martin who confronted, then attacked Zimmerman.
Details. If there was any doubt in the minds of Sanford PD investigators that this wasn't a bona-fide case of self-defense, they would have charged Zimmerman themselves. They didn't. It wasn't until Holder pressured Florida that the state attorney filed charges herself.
By the way, poking around a neighborhood in the rain while wearing a hooding
is suspicious, especially when that neighborhood had been repeatedly burglarized in recent months. You bet that sort of behavior warrants a call to the police.
The rest of this troll post...
I know this board is full of keyboard commandos who like to think they can save the neeighboorhood with their gun, but Zimmerman is a great example of why you shouldnt.
Do any of you guys have $350,000 burning a hole in your pocket for legal fees ?
Do you have a month or two to spend in solitary confinement in jail ?
Do you have the next 2-3 years of your life to dedicate to staying out of jail for the next 20 years ?
If so, then by all means call the police if you see someone walking down a street a night. If thats not good enough, get your gun and go chase after him. If thats still not good enough, jump out of your car and confront him.
You can sleep well at night knowing that you protected your family and your neighboorhood from..........nothing.
...is troll's bait.
We'll have to wait until all the facts are out.
All the facts are already out. Zimmerman spotted a suspcious-acting Martin, followed him, and called 911. They told him not to pursue, he said, "Ok," and was returning to his truck with Martin attacked him, breaking his nose, knocking him to the ground, and bashing his head against the concrete.
I was walking down a street at night and some strange adult started following me and I then made an attempt to get away from that person and they started chasing me, I would be in full "fear for my life" mode.
What attempt might that be? What Martin should have done, instead of illegally committing aggravated assault on Zimmerman? As Jack House mentioned, that was the first illegal act committed that evening, and it was a doozy! Certainly serious enough to warrant the use of deadly force in self-defense.
I know a guy who died after his head kissed the concrete
once.
Again, the
facts: Zimmerman was returning to his truck with Martin attacked him, breaking his nose, knocking him to the ground, and bashing his head against the concrete. At some point during the short struggle, Zimmerman was able to reach his firearm and used it in justifiable self-defense. As the aforementioned article stated:
"If Zimmerman is telling the truth — as police evidently believe and as some witnesses reportedly confirm — this isn’t even a “stand your ground” case. It’s a straight-up case of self-defense, no matter how unwise or bigoted Zimmerman may have been in reporting Martin to police and leaving his vehicle to begin pursuing him."