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Originally Posted by mickey100
You are making a lot of assumptions that have not been backed up by facts. The lead detective said it appeared Zimm did NOT stop following Martin when told. The evidence has not shown Martin followed Zimm back to his vehicle - that is just Zimm's version of events. We don't know who attacked who. Zimmerman clearly said "these a...holes always get away". That seems pretty clear he was profiling Martin as a criminal. He followed Martin with a semiautomatic pistol tucked in his belt in a ready-to-fire position. When confronted by police after the murder, Zimm spoke "in written police jargon" and talks about "justifiable use of force" and says he "`unholstered my firearm,' not `I pulled my gun.'" Sure sounds like a police wannabe to me.
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There is no proof that Zimmerman was still following Martin, but even if there were, that is not against the law and given the type of questions being asked by dispatch, it would be understandable if he tried to keep an eye on where Martin was going. This is especially understandable if your community has been hit by a series of crimes and you have taken a leadership role in trying put a stop to it.
There is no crime in using an expletive, nor is there a crime in thinking that someone who is walking between houses on a dark, rainy night is up to no good.
There is no crime in having a loaded pistol in a firing position, nor does it in any way indicate the state of mind of Zimmerman, since it was clearly in that mode while he was on his way to Target.
There is no crime in using "police jargon" when describing a police event. One tends to talk in the jargon one knows and one which the audience is pressumed to use. A doctor, when talking to another doctor will likely use medical terminology. A lawyer will use lawyer talk, etc. Zimmerman had some course in criminal justice and at one time perhaps wanted to be a cop. Since when is having aspirations to help society the basis for guilt?
These are all straws that the prosecution is throwing out that those who want to presume Zimmerman guilty can grasp while ignoring the real facts of the case. I find it a shame that our legal system is so bad that a person may spend the rest of his life in prison because of this kind of thinking.