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disolitude on 14 July 2013
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WrathofTank said:
disolitude said:
WrathofTank said:
 

If this circumstance happened to me, I would be in fear for my safety and life.  I'm pretty sure you would be to.

Why would you be following a suspicious looking individual in the dark when you were clearly instructed not to do so and cops are on their way? And then out of the blue be blindsided by an attack and afraid for your life when a conflict takes place?

I wouldn't, but it isn't a crime to follow someone, and it isn't a crime to continue to do so after the dispatcher told you not to.  The only part that was relevant to the case is when Zimmerman and Martin engadged each other.


It may not be against the law to do these things but its also incredibly stupid. I know you can't be tried for stupidity but in cases like this where only one side lives to tell the story and there are no clear eyewitnesses, the cause and effect of the decisions made by people involved should be considered as much as the actual altercation.

No one really knows what happened in the dark. What if Zimmerman called Treyvon a filthy ni***r and he lost it and jumped on him?

All that is clear as day is that because Zimmerman decided to follow Treyvon and get himself involved, things escalated to a point where he apparently had to use a gun to defend himself.