(July 18, 2013 at 4:41 am)Esquilax Wrote:(July 18, 2013 at 4:14 am)Tiberius Wrote: We don't know for sure what he was doing; Zimmerman claims he was looking into houses. What we do for a fact though, is that someone matching Treyvon's description was suspected of breaking into houses in the area. Zimmerman reported him based on this fact, as evidenced by the 911 call.
Which is where it should have stopped, especially after the voice on the other end of that 911 call told him not to pursue. Suspicion and conscientious reporting is one thing, but don't then escalate the situation against the express wishes of the people who actually know what they're doing.
Regardless of what was actually happening, all this could have been avoided if Zimmerman had just done what he was told.
It could have been avoided in virtually endless ways; at least half of those limitless ways have to do with Trayvon's actions/existence... You can't pick a point and blame it for everything that follows. I could just as easily pick the point where Trayvon chose to attack and say that was the cause for the following actions, ultimately ending in Trayvon's death.
Also, Zimmerman had no duty to the other end of that 911 call. He didn't go against an order. Saying what followed suit is his fault on the basis that he chose not to head their words is the same saying it's his fault because he didn't head the words of any random person, really.
