Documents Show Cops Believed Trayvon Martin Killing Was ‘Ultimately Avoidable’

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47. Zimmerman claimed Trayvon Martin 'circled' his vehicle while Zimmerman was on the phone

If at that point, Zimmerman had opened his window and said, "Hi, I'm neighborhood watch, do you need any help?" Martin could have told him that he was a guest in the neighborhood. Zimmerman then would not have had any excuse to follow and any suspicions should have been set aside.

Since Zimmerman was on the phone to SPD at that point, if Martin had been aggressive, police would have been on the way immediately. That was BEFORE Zimmerman got out of his vehicle to follow, BEFORE the SPD dispatcher told him he did not 'need' to follow.

Even if Martin had been one of the people who had been committing burglaries in the neighborhood, having someone see them and putting them on notice by talking to them would have frightened them away from committing a crime that night. That would have been MUCH more effective in preventing a crime than following someone whose intentions Zimmerman did not know. Very few criminals are willing to break into homes when they know that a neighborhood watch person has had a good look at their face. They would move on to another neighborhood where no one can identify them.