Unarmed dead body inadmissible? Phone record of the stalking inadmissible? It's murder.
◦George Zimmerman was chasing Trayvon.
George Zimmerman wasn?t ?chasing? Trayvon. Chasing someone implies you are trying to catch up to them ? there?s no evidence that was Zimmerman?s intention.
Zimmerman was attempting to maintain visual contact. That is what he was supposed to do for his Neighborhood Watch, and that is what was being asked of him by the 911 dispatcher at the time.
This is supported by the 911 transcript.
Zimmerman: No you go in straight through the entrance and then you make a left?uh you go straight in, don?t turn, and make a left. Shit he?s running.
Dispatcher: He?s running? Which way is he running?
Zimmerman: Down towards the other entrance to the neighborhood.
Dispatcher: Which entrance is that that he?s heading towards?
The dispatcher was asking Zimmerman specific questions about where Martin was going, Zimmerman was answering as needed.
Every step of the way, Zimmerman complied with the 911 operator.
When he was asking for more information about the direction Martin went, Zimmerman provided it. When he said there was no need to pursue, Zimmerman stopped immediately.
Dispatcher: Are you following him?
Zimmerman: Yeah
Dispatcher: Ok, we don?t need you to do that.
Zimmerman: Ok
Dispatcher: Alright sir what is your name?
Zimmerman: George?He ran.
At this point, Zimmerman no longer has Trayvon within eyesight, and he?s no longer even attempting to look for him.
◦George Zimmerman should have stayed in his truck.
This is a baseless argument.
Zimmerman had no reason to think he should stay in his truck ? he was reporting someone suspicious in his neighborhood and wanted to maintain visual contact with that person. He drove after them for a few minutes and the person ran away.
At this point, it makes perfect logical sense for Zimmerman to exit the vehicle to see where the suspicious person went, because he had just called them in to the police. Otherwise, the police would get there and Zimmerman would have no idea what direction to point them in.
If we listen to the 911 call it?s clear that Zimmerman was not chasing Trayvon. He was merely trying to see where he was going so he could relay this information to the dispatcher.
This fact is actually crucial to the case. Things would be different had Zimmerman actually been in some sort of hot pursuit, chasing after Martin, but he never was. Zimmerman wasn?t ever close to Martin, until Martin changed directions and confronted Zimmerman after the 911 call.
