By not being there in the first place
No it wasn’t. It was something he was doing in the very foolish notion of community service and looking out for his neighbors. Trying to obtain the information about where this suspicious person was headed that the dispatcher had asked him for. ETA: (next sentence pure speculation) Maybe even remembering the mom who was home with her kid during a hot prowl in a prior incident.He didn’t need to get out of his car to talk to Martin, did he?
In fact, he told police that, that wasn’t his job. But it was his job to see where Martin was going.
And eassily checked: the fact that Zimmerman had been asked by a previous dispatcher if he could get to where he could see the person Zimmerman had called in about.
But he wasn’t a neigbhourhood watch that night, he had a gun. Can you be a neighbourhood watch and carry a gun at the same time?
I don’t know Florida law regarding any limitations on neighborhood watch, or the policy.
What bushes?
We have no clue what Martin said.The word of one man against a dead man who doesn’t have a sayhmmm::
Neighborhood watch in my area means we are trained. We have eyes posted on trees to show people they are in a neighborhood that is trained to watch for suspicious activity. In Missouri, you may carry a concealed weapon, after training. I could walk around with one in my purse in the grocery store if I wanted to.
Yep. Snitches get stitches. One of the basic credos of urban living. Sounds like Z didn’t get the memo on the appropriate level of submissiveness to display to ne’er-do-wells prowling around your neighborhood.
The bushes Martin came out of when he attacked Zimmerman. The ones identified by the NY Times. The ones Zimmerman said Martin was in. The ones the prosecution has not claimed don’t exist. Are you saying you know something the prosecution does not know?
Are those the bushes that Serino was referring to where the burglary tool (slim jim) was found ‘a few days’ after the incident?
The Prosecution did indeed focus at quite length on the inconsistencies in Zimmerman’s statements of which one was the bushes. None were in the spot of the confrontation.
That’s something very important to know. “Snitches get stiches.” Now for all of those who state they are “too afraid or would not” now be on Neighborhood Watch just make sure after you follow around a "suspect: and shoot him (in self defense of course) You go get stitches (not just a few bandaids.)
You’ve already taught me well MaryT. I’m not afraid, just a realist. I’ve seen the attitude, and this on a catholic forum where I’m assuming folks would tend to be more charitable in considering the motives of others. More vice lessing willing to give someone the benefit of the doubt. It’s made me reconsider my willingness to get involved based on how I’ll be condemned after the fact. How my words and actions will be perceived and judged from afar.
Especially if they find your profile at CAF and use it to try to portray you as a defender of MURDERERS!!!
He was speaking to the bushes where there was a burglary tool and never specified a distance. He also said there was no evidence at all that Martin was committing a crime.
No one has called anyone on this thread a defender of Murderers. Most say we don’t know what happened because one party of the incident, Martin is dead.
Your perception of attitude is in your own mind. I could argue many seem lackluster at the thought someone is dead who was walking home with skittles and an iced tea.
