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Sat Apr 14, 2012, 12:11 PM

33. Sorry, but it was NOT an "order" and police don't generally have the authority to issue orders

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They're public employees, not our bosses.

Under certain limited circumstances an officer can order a person to do something or not to do something. This wasn't one of them.

It was sound advice that Zimmerman apparently chose to ignore.

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47 replies	Author	Time	Post
Prosecutors: Zimmerman ignored warning to back off [View all]	Omaha Steve	Apr 2012	OP
This is all sounding so logical, I smell a trap.	Baitball Blogger	Apr 2012	#1
......	steve2470	Apr 2012	#38
"Punks"?	proReality	Apr 2012	#2
At first they were trying to pass it off as "goons" -- I have no idea where "punks" came from.	gateley	Apr 2012	#3
I have listend to the tape several times	Gore1FL	Apr 2012	#5
I'm With You	DallasNE	Apr 2012	#21
So your saying it was "pcoonts" ?	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#29
Lol	DallasNE	Apr 2012	#36
He said oooo. So it most have been poooonks.	JDPriestly	Apr 2012	#6
How sure are you?	-..__...	Apr 2012	#9
Listen to father's recounting	bjobotts	Apr 2012	#12
Zimmerman knew the cops were on the way - they got there seconds after the gunshot	csziggy	Apr 2012	#16
When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.	24601	Apr 2012	#23
Thanks csziggy, yours is the most cogent anlysis I've seen here.	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#30
No all DUers are DUers....if you know what I mean.	loudsue	Apr 2012	#20
I don't think it matters what Zimmerman said or didn't say.	Flatulo	Apr 2012	#39
"Clearly criminal"?	-..__...	Apr 2012	#40
SYG does not give one the right to chase someone down,	Flatulo	Apr 2012	#42
THAT is THE issue. Open and shut. Should pass a law against 'Avoidable Homicide.'	freshwest	Apr 2012	#4
Hmm, there already are laws against 'avoidable homicide'.	Flatulo	Apr 2012	#43
Obviously, Zimmerman hadn't read it. He needed a K.I.S.S. reminder.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#44
I really wish the 911 dispatcher would have used more forceful language.	mucifer	Apr 2012	#7
Exactly, that's probably going to be a big deal in the trial	groundloop	Apr 2012	#28
I disagree.	janx	Apr 2012	#35
The neighborhood watch rules were posted here on another thread. It said 'do not pursue.'	freshwest	Apr 2012	#41
"Looks like the SYG statute would have protected Martin and not Zimmerman"	Flatulo	Apr 2012	#45
Even without a gun, it might. A gun doesn't lend moral credibility to the owner. Really, it doesn't.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#46
are the dispatchers law enforcement officers? In my town they are not	pasto76	Apr 2012	#8
Heard on the radio that Zimmerman called the direct line to an officer's desk, that he	Stardust	Apr 2012	#10
splitting hairs...	pasto76	Apr 2012	#11
You are making up laws.	former9thward	Apr 2012	#15
Either interpretation is irrelevent, all he reasonably had to do was keep an eye out	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#31
Sorry, but it was NOT an "order" and police don't generally have the authority to issue orders	slackmaster	Apr 2012	#33
It depends on the jurisdiction.	TheWraith	Apr 2012	#17
And, it can be a felony if it leads to death or grievious bodily injury	obamanut2012	Apr 2012	#26
In some jurisdictions they are	obamanut2012	Apr 2012	#25
And this is the #1 in-your-face reason that he cannot claim he killed because he feared for his life	DesertDiamond	Apr 2012	#13
On 911 call he said "I'm going after him"	behrstar	Apr 2012	#14
Don't agree	lark	Apr 2012	#19
+1	obamanut2012	Apr 2012	#27
This whole incident verifies what I've said for years.	BobbyBoring	Apr 2012	#18
Requiem for a Loser	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Apr 2012	#22
yeah	Cosmocat	Apr 2012	#24
He will be subject to plenty of "justice", inside. You know what I mean?	xtraxritical	Apr 2012	#32
Why is vigilante justice unacceptable on the street, but acceptable in a prison?	hedgehog	Apr 2012	#34
Anyone else a little suspicious of this "dream team prosecution"?	LiberalLovinLug	Apr 2012	#37
He ruined his own life and took another life.	roody	Apr 2012	#47

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