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Originally Posted by Hanover1
Alot of what we read from Box will come to light as an avenue of attack for the defense. However, NOTHING disputes the fact that police dispatch distinctly told Zimm to "stay in his vehicle" until they could respond.
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Wrong. Very wrong. As pointed out weeks ago the police dispatcher did NOT give Zimm an order. For example, if the dispatcher has said, "Mr. Zimmerman, cease and desist from following the guy", that would be in the imperative mood. That would be a command. A police order. But instead, the dispatcher said to Zimm, "we don't need you to be doing that", which is a more ambiguous statement, open to interpretation. This statement was was made in the subjunctive mood.
Also, merely following someone doesn't give another person the right to initiate an assault upon that person, if that is what happened. And from where I sit, that's what all the evidence suggests, thus far. The police are dead wrong by trying to blame Zimm for not staying in his vehicle. If Zimm was attacked, it wasn't Zimm who made that choice for Martin, nor was it the kid's only choice.
But what this latest investigation reveals is that it
could provide answers as to why Martin just didn't keep heading on home to avoid trouble after visual contact had been lost. It could explain
why he exhibited aggressive and irrational behavior toward a complete stranger, not knowing if the guy was armed, wired for explosives or an escaped psycho from the local nut house, etc.
One other thing also: Another fight vid has been unearthed. This time with Martin doing the fighting. So, this kid was attracted to violent activities. I don't have time to find it now, but it should be found if you Google it.
Boxcar