I can easily understand about Zimmerman, once he had called 9-11, and had them on the phone regarding what he thought was a suspicious looking person in the area, that he would also try and keep an eye on that person until the cops got there, in order to have him checked out by the police when they arrived (i.e. to tell the cops where Trayvon went or is heading), so he left his truck to keep an eye on the person we all know now as being Trayvon Martin, who eventually walked towards Zimmerman, but then began leaving the area quickly after being surveyed by Zimmerman (as to being a possible criminal element lerking in the area), but to Martin (Zimmerman) was also an unidentified person that was profiling him for some reason, in which was un-beknownst to Martin at the time as to why, so Martin then began to leave the area quickly, and this is where Zimmerman began his pursuit of Trayvon on foot (to my understanding) so when the dispatcher asked Zimmerman " are you following him"? Zimmerman replied yes, then the dispatcher told Zimmerman " we don't need you to do that sir" (i.e. to follow Trayvon like Zimmerman was doing), because the dispatcher knew that the suspect was a person for whom Zimmerman didnot know anything about, and thus feared for Zimmermans safety in the situation, because after all he was the watchman of the gated community, who is calling the 9-11 operator to report a possible suspect in the area.
So yes (I feel) the dispatcher told (Zimmerman) to stop following this person in the dark, but it was for his own safety in the situation. Then when Zimmerman realized that the dispatcher was right, and that he was actually chasing a person in the dark for whom he had no knowldge of what so ever, and for which the person being chased could easily turn around and harm him, Zimmerman stopped the pursuit at that point.. Then Zimmerman turned and began his journey back to his truck (to my understanding), where Trayvon (to my understanding) next re-apeared to surprise Zimmerman, causing Zimmerman to turn around to face Trayvon, who said next to Zimmerman "do you have a problem", in which Zimmerman said No, and then Trayvon (to my understanding), said "well you do now", and decked Zimmerman at that point, where the struggle between the two began, that ended sadly in a traggedy where Zimmermans gun was discharged, and sadly Trayvon lay dead because of that discharged weapon.
The perfect storm had arisen upon these two that night, where both of them became highly suspicious of the other that rainey evening, and a deadly dance began to form, that caused each man to do things that ended sadly in a traggic death of one of them, because both men were innocent in the ordeal, but didnot realize this untill it was to late.
The mistakes made:
1. Zimmerman profiled Martin as a potential criminal element in the area, and this because of various identifying or suspicious factors involved, and this all according to Zimmerman (the hoodie being one of them) as Zimmerman did mention the hoodie to the dispatcher, and to couple this with the break in's in the area, in which led Zimmerman to believe the worst about Martin when spotted him, especially when saw him walking along acting (according to Zimmerman), like something was wrong with the now known innocent victim Trayvon Martin. These mis-understandings coupled with Zimmermans experience as a watchmen, will be heavily investigated in this trial coming up next possibly.
2. Zimmerman follows Martin, making Martin very nervous (for reasons unknown at this time) other than an un-identified man was following him, thus causing Martin to become curious as to who exactly was this man who was first checking him out, and then following him next, and worse for nothing in Martins mind, that he Zimmerman should have been following Trayvon Martin as an innocent person in the dark at all, so he Trayvon doubles back to get answers to these questions in bravery of, by actually confronting Zimmerman as he did, where as we only know what was told by the survivor Zimmerman, and a few witnesses as to what happened next.
3. No identifiable clothing worn, in order to identify Zimmerman as a security officer, in which would have stopped the deadly dance way before it began, otherwise if this would have been the case I do strongly feel in the situation that Trayvon would still be with us today.
4. Now Trayvon alledgedly decks Zimmerman, which is a huge mistake by Trayvon in the situation, thus leading to the struggle and ultimately to his death found within the struggle.
Am I close on this yall ?? My grandaddy was an investigator back in the 40's... I may be a chip off of the old block...
