Neighborhood Watch guy chases down a kid, shoots him, charged with 2nd-degree murder

**SportsFromA2** · 03-26-2012, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by RickFromFowler

The more information that comes out, one starts to wonder if George Zimmerman is 2012's Richard Jewell

But Richard Jewell was totally innocent...

what reasoning/justification does Zimmerman have to defy the 911 orders to not chase after Trayvon, which started everything in the first place?

**pGekko** · 03-26-2012, 08:54 PM

It's been proven that he chased after Martin?

**SportsFromA2** · 03-26-2012, 08:54 PM

I mean ****, Richard Jewell saved lives by getting everyone away from the bomb.. Zimmerman didn't save ****, he initiated the situation.

**SportsFromA2** · 03-26-2012, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by pGekko

It's been proven that he chased after Martin?

911 audio:

"These a**holes always get away," Zimmerman says in a call to a non-emergency number.

Dispatcher: "Are you following him?"

Zimmerman: "Yeah."

Dispatcher: "We don't need you to do that."

Zimmerman could've left it at that and let the real authorities handle it.

HE chased after Martin, intiating everything... and there's no disputing that, unless you're telling me the 911 tapes are forged or something

**RickFromFowler** · 03-26-2012, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by SportsFromA2

But Richard Jewell was totally innocent...

what reasoning/justification does Zimmerman have to defy the 911 orders to not chase after Trayvon, which started everything in the first place?

I have not been following this super close, but I thought on the 911 tape, they say "we don't need you to do that".. they didn't say not to. I also don't know if a 911 dispatcher has the authority to tell him not to something which is legal for him to do.

**pGekko** · 03-26-2012, 08:57 PM

I meant after the dispatcher told him they didn't need to do that.

**pGekko** · 03-26-2012, 09:06 PM

I think a lot more information will come out, hopefully soon, which will clear up a lot of the ambiguity one way or the other.

**pGekko** · 03-26-2012, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by SportsFromA2

what reasoning/justification does Zimmerman have to defy the 911 orders to not chase after Trayvon, which started everything in the first place?

Is there proof of this (honest question)?

I was not aware that there was.

**GF-22a** · 03-26-2012, 09:35 PM

Pretty sure the 911 operator said we don't need you to do that..... Which was exactly right, no one needed him to anything that he did

**pGekko** · 03-26-2012, 09:36 PM

How do you know what he did???

**pGekko** · 03-26-2012, 09:40 PM

Zimmerman might be lying of course, but how is his version of what transpired murder?

In his version of events, Zimmerman had turned around and was walking back to his SUV when Trayvon approached him from behind, the two exchanged words and then Trayvon punched him in the nose, sending him to the ground, and began beating him.

That's not chasing anyone, that's walking back to your car. And even if he was following Martin, that doesn't give Martin license to attack the guy.