Breaking News: George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty!

[kaneada]

Max King of the Wild said:

kaneada said:

Actually, you're wrong on this point. The police did not tell him to do anything, dispatch told him which is not a legally binding order. Dispatch has no legal authority to do anything...Despite that, the conclusion that he followed Treyvon is contrary to the evdience which said the altercation happened 70 yards from Treyvons car and 20 yards from the vehicle that Zimmerman was driving...our justice system did not fail...murder of any kind is hard to proove and that standard is high for a reason. 

The dispatcher didn't even tell him not to. Wording is very important here. They said "we don't need you to do that" and never said "Don't do that." And at that point Zimmerman said okay and he was going back to the car and to have the cops call him when they are on scene so he can tell them exactly where he was.

Well, regardless of the wording in this situation, the end result is still that dispatch can not issue legally binding orders. They are not officiers of the law...whether they suggested or flat out told him not to he had no obligation to listen and therefore even if he did follow him he did nothing illegal at this point...so the wording does not matter in this situation...the only way that Zimmerman could have been in the wrong is if he assaulted Treyvon, which there is no evidence to suggest...at any rate Zimmerman did nothing illegal in this situation that could be proved to a reasonable standard.