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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  This is how I understand it as well. Zimmerman called, reported his suspicions, police asked if he was following Trayvon, Zimmerman said yes, police asked him not to, Zimmerman continued anyway. That's pretty darn provocative, at least it is in my mind -- he did exactly what the police know is NOT a good idea for a citizen to do. Tracking and finding reported 'suspicious people' is what police do.
If you are a watchman, are carrying a gun, and tracking someone you deem "suspect"...you're not just reporting a potential crime, you are potentially getting involved in a suspected crime, and at that point, even may end up being the sole perpetrator of a crime...while the victim was never intending a crime at all.  |
What is someone tracks me home from the grocery store because I look prosperous but vulnerable on a cane and takes the law in their hands & kills me without any provocation whatsoever, though I'm unarmed, and I'm lying there on the ground just as certainly dead, is that not every bit as heinous? I think people killing unarmed people cannot be so categorized as so much worse as this case is - while other killings are read about, quietly even sadly acknowledged and life goes on in most cases. But in some, everyone gets so upset over that crime, bounties are exacted, basketball teams protest, other protests are held all over the country, politicians and civil rights leaders speak up & TV news & Google explode with repeated reports of 99% reporting only one side of the story. I don't think there would be anywhere near the outrage if I were stalked & murdered in the manner I mentioned above, even if the shooter were of a different race. I wonder why?