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

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50. The timeframe for tha scenario just does not work

Between the time on the video at the 7-Eleven, the time that Zimmerman called in to SPD, the time for the calls from Martin's girlfriend, the times for the 911 call with the screams and the gunshot, there was no time that Martin could have walked up to Zimmerman's vehicle and talked to him.

The exchange would have been heard by the SPD dispatcher or by Martin's girlfriend. Neither report that.

And if somehow the times I have for all those events are wrong and Martin HAD walked up to Zimmerman's vehicle, why would Zimmerman have denied following Martin? The clear choice would have been for Zimmerman to say, "Yes, I am following you. I'm in the neighborhood watch and there have been break-ins in the neighborhood. I was concerned that you might have been a burglar. Can I help you?"

Zimmerman had been cagey about identifying himself and giving his address in previous calls to SPD, even when he was reporting suspicious people and incidents. I think he was paranoid and wanted to avoid being connected to his own numerous calls to police. At the same time, he wanted to be in control of the situation. He chose the wrong way to take control, when a few civil sentences would have made the difference.