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Originally Posted by ceejay
Really...what does this have to do with it?
Of course, I am assuming, that everyone on this board would have told our sons not to get out of the car. However, I don't believe that that was the scenario that night. His father had nothing to do with it.
George Zimmerman is a grown man and able to make decisions on his own. He was out in his capacity as a neighborhood watch. He was concerned about a stranger in his neighborhood.
What exactly happened after he did get out of the car is not yet known.
Evidence is mounting and I am sure that we will get the full story soon.
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George Zimmerman was not out in his capacity as a neighborhood watch that night, but was instead heading to Target with his fully loaded 9mm gun. If he had been out doing his neighborhood watch duties, he would have been violating the neighborhood watch code by carrying a gun. He was made aware of the rules of neighborhood watch at an organizational meeting by the Sanford Police Department.
Another correction to a previous poster. Zimmerman was not 5 feet 9 inches as reported by his father, but 5 feet 7 inches as reported on the police report. He was four inches shorter than Trayvon Martin, but 50 pounds heavier. It sounds like he was trying to make up for his own inadequacies by carrying a big gun.