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In reply to the discussion: Looking at the undisputed facts in the Zimmerman case and applying Zimmerman's original story [View all]Tommy_Carcetti
(43,157 posts)Remind me again, who said that?
Let's see, Zimmerman is obsessed about crime in his neighborhood. While his role as neighborhood watchman is to merely observe and report and wait for the police to arrive, his little statement on tape makes me think that he wasn't satisfied with that role. He sees Trayvon, he thinks--perhaps in part to his skin color--Trayvon is a miscreant up to no good, and adamant that "these assholes" won't get away this time, he decides to leave the safety of his vehicle and follow him. Which some may call stalking.
Perhaps it is to detain Trayvon until the police arrive. Perhaps it is to give Trayvon a good talking to. Perhaps it may be something more sinister, but I'll wait for the evidence to draw such conclusions. But clearly by his own words, Zimmerman was a man on a mission, and no commands/suggestions from the dispatcher was going to dissuade him.
So, he says he chases Trayvon. Meanwhile, Trayvon has done nothing wrong. Nothing. You do know that. Nothing. He is a kid being chased by an adult and he does not know why.
So who is being aggressive here? You tell me.
Yet you will tell me that in the process of being chased for reasons unknown to him, Trayvon decides to take the opportunity to practice his "thug life" and display his MMA saavy.
Are you being totally honest here?