Zimmerman's bloody head

[Black]

$tevie wrote:
BTW, every time I see the headline for this thread, I think of Perseus holding the head of Medusa.

And I get a bad itch to edit the subject line to include "...on a silver platter."

[kanesa]

The reason I call it stalking is because Zimmerman never would have been there except for the fact that he was following Martin. He also got out of his car and approached Martin. If Zimmerman had listened to the dispatcher, none of this would have happened. So I will call it stalking. It wasn't like he was on a leisure drive and decided to take a walk. He was after Martin. If only he had listened to the dispatcher there would be no dead kid.

[Lemon Drop]

kanesa wrote:
If only he had listened to the dispatcher there would be no dead kid.

Or not been armed while on his shopping trip to Target.

He's the poster boy for why the cops don't want untrained cop-wanna-be's going around with loaded concealed firearms.

[Bill in NC]

Thanks for clarifying your personal view, though it doesn't meet the legal definition of stalking (i.e., not a criminal act).

Please remember the dispatcher never told Zimmerman not to follow, merely stated they didn't need him to follow.

Of course, dispatchers are not sworn officers, so anything they say is a suggestion, not an order.

However, IIRC, Zimmerman's story is that he lost sight of Martin and returned to his vehicle before the fight started.

Unless there's a witness who hasn't yet come forward (or video) we'll likely never _know_ who started the fight.

kanesa wrote:
The reason I call it stalking is because Zimmerman never would have been there except for the fact that he was following Martin. He also got out of his car and approached Martin. If Zimmerman had listened to the dispatcher, none of this would have happened. So I will call it stalking. It wasn't like he was on a leisure drive and decided to take a walk. He was after Martin. If only he had listened to the dispatcher there would be no dead kid.

[decay]

kanesa wrote:
The wounds look small and superficial. Head wounds can bleed a great deal but this isn't a lot of blood. It appears to have stopped bleeding. It's a sensationalistic photo. If I had someone stalking me, I might have done more damage if the guy approached me.

correct - head wounds generally do bleed a lot more.