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Post by kiki5711 » Mon May 21, 2012 3:40 pm

Dispatcher, "He’s just walking around the area, the houses? OK." Zimmerman: "Now he’s staring at me."

looking back at zimm, wondering what is he following him for defenetly intrprit he's up to no good? Paranoid interpretation in Zimms's mind. :nervous:
This guy looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about
Yes, absolutely a dangerous and burglar type of activity! It's raining and he's walking about. :bored:

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Post by FBM » Mon May 21, 2012 3:45 pm

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FBM wrote: Ah. Good point(s). Dispatchers have no legal authori-tah to tell him what to do and what not to do in the first place, so he is not bound by any law to obey? Can dispatchers give even direct orders to those in uniform? Seems like they wouldn't, unless they happened to also be police officers higher-ranked than the uniform, and I don't think that type man the phones very often. Huh. I've never thought about that before.
Isn't it immaterial anyway, since there is no evidence that Zimmerman chased Martin, except for a brief moment on the 911 tape, but that Zimmerman obeyed the dispatcher when she said "We don't need you to do that."? I mean -- he didn't chase Martin, during the 1 minute 42 seconds from the time the dispatcher told him not to. If Zimmerman chased him down after the 911 call, we don't have evidence of it, do we?
Do you mean 'chased' or 'followed'? (I'm not making a point, just asking. I don't recall the details of the 911 tape.)

And, yeah, I think it's irrelevant for at least those reasons, maybe more. Zimmerman may or may not be/have been a douchebag, but I don't think he can be nailed on that particular point.
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Post by kiki5711 » Mon May 21, 2012 3:54 pm

That assumes a factual scenario -- that Martin was just innocently walking along the sidewalk in the neighborhood, rather than what Zimmerman says on the 911 tape, "This guy looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about." And, "Yeah, a dark hoodie like a gray hoodie. He wore jeans or sweat pants and white tennis shoes. He’s here now … he’s just staring. "
AGAIN, just because zimm perceived martin that way, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT THE FACTUAL TRUTH.

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Post by Tero » Mon May 21, 2012 4:19 pm

Zimmerman behavior is not even OK for a rookie cop.

Rookie cops are itching for "action."

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Post by kiki5711 » Mon May 21, 2012 4:23 pm

If you've looked at the google maps overview of the neighborhood, you'll see that the total distance Martin had to travel was about 300-400 feet. Let's say it was 500 feet, or about 167 yards. Cal it 1 1/2 soccer field lengths. 1 minute 42 seconds to travel one and 1/2 soccer fields (being generous as to distance). Obviously, Martin didn't go to the fiance's house.
And that proves exactly WHAT? Nothing, because you don't know what was going through both of their minds.

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Post by kiki5711 » Mon May 21, 2012 4:25 pm

Tero wrote:Zimmerman behavior is not even OK for a rookie cop.

Rookie cops are itching for "action."

Seriously, to let a man who is on medication with TWO different medications, both, mood altering substances, to let him walk around a neighborhood with a gun, is like just asking for it. And Martin probably though he would get a medal or two. Another delusion.

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Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon May 21, 2012 4:29 pm

kiki5711 wrote:
Dispatcher, "He’s just walking around the area, the houses? OK." Zimmerman: "Now he’s staring at me."

looking back at zimm, wondering what is he following him for defenetly intrprit he's up to no good? Paranoid interpretation in Zimms's mind. :nervous:
It doesn't sound like an "interpretation" -- it sounds like Zimmerman is just reporting what Martin is doing. You're interpreting, because you're suggesting that you know what either of them is "wondering."
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This guy looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about
Yes, absolutely a dangerous and burglar type of activity! It's raining and he's walking about. :bored:
It is what it is. He's saying what he's saying. You may not find it suspicious, but Zimmerman says the guy seemed suspicious. He called the cops and told them, and the cops were sending a car out.

So far, there doesn't appear to be any instigation of a fight by Zimmerman, does there? Or, maybe you can point to where that is in the facts of which we are aware?

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Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon May 21, 2012 4:33 pm

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If you've looked at the google maps overview of the neighborhood, you'll see that the total distance Martin had to travel was about 300-400 feet. Let's say it was 500 feet, or about 167 yards. Cal it 1 1/2 soccer field lengths. 1 minute 42 seconds to travel one and 1/2 soccer fields (being generous as to distance). Obviously, Martin didn't go to the fiance's house.
And that proves exactly WHAT? Nothing, because you don't know what was going through both of their minds.
You're the one who thinks you know the motivations of either of them, since you announce what they were "wondering" and what they intended to do often enough.

All I'm doing is stating the objective facts, without reference to what either of them may have been subjectively thinking.

What does the distance prove? That in the one minute and 42 seconds from the time Zimmerman says Martin ran off, to the time Zimmerman hangs up the 911 call, Martin had time to get to the father's fiance's house, and then some, probably 3 or 4 times over. But, obviously, MARTIN DID NOT GO THERE, and he instead must have come back closer to the same vicinity as Zimmerman's truck, since that's where the shooting occurred.

That's consistent with Zimmerman's story, since Zimmermantold the cops that he was headed back to his truck and Martin reappeared, saying something like "you got a problem" and Zimmerman says he said "No, I don't have a problem" and then Martin said "Well you do now!" And, then Martin attacked him, says Zimmerman. I don't have any idea if any of that is true, but one thing it is is consistent with the map and the course of events that can be gleaned from the 911 call itself and the witness testimony.

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Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon May 21, 2012 4:38 pm

kiki5711 wrote:
That assumes a factual scenario -- that Martin was just innocently walking along the sidewalk in the neighborhood, rather than what Zimmerman says on the 911 tape, "This guy looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about." And, "Yeah, a dark hoodie like a gray hoodie. He wore jeans or sweat pants and white tennis shoes. He’s here now … he’s just staring. "
AGAIN, just because zimm perceived martin that way, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT THE FACTUAL TRUTH.
Of course not. It's what Zimmerman was reporting at the time on the phone, and that phone call allows us to know where Zimmerman was.

It also allows us to know that Martin had run off and was no longer in view of Zimmerman, because if Martin was still in view of Zimmerman, Zimmerman would have been continuing to report on Martin's actions. Instead, he reported that Martin had run away, and he went on to talk to the dispatcher about where Martin hand run off to (the back entrance) and then indicate where the police could find Zimmerman to meet him.

Martin must have come back. Right? Otherwise, how did they get back together to have the fight ensue? So, we're supposed to believe that all Martin was doing was heading back to his father's fiance's house with the skittles, but for some reason we can't be sure of Martin returned to where Zimmerman was.

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Post by kiki5711 » Mon May 21, 2012 4:45 pm

Martin must have come back. Right? Otherwise, how did they get back together to have the fight ensue? So, we're supposed to believe that all Martin was doing was heading back to his father's fiance's house with the skittles, but for some reason we can't be sure of Martin returned to where Zimmerman was.
AGAIN, this is your PERCEPTION of what must have happened. not factual evidence. only what you thought up as sounding reasonable to you.

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Post by kiki5711 » Mon May 21, 2012 5:00 pm

All I'm doing is stating the objective facts, without reference to what either of them may have been subjectively thinking.

What does the distance prove? That in the one minute and 42 seconds from the time Zimmerman says Martin ran off, to the time Zimmerman hangs up the 911 call, Martin had time to get to the father's fiance's house, and then some, probably 3 or 4 times over. But, obviously, MARTIN DID NOT GO THERE, and he instead must have come back closer to the same vicinity as Zimmerman's truck, since that's where the shooting occurred.That's consistent with Zimmerman's story, since Zimmermantold the cops that he was headed back to his truck and Martin reappeared, saying something like "you got a problem" and Zimmerman says he said "No, I don't have a problem" and then Martin said "Well you do now!" And, then Martin attacked him, says Zimmerman. I don't have any idea if any of that is true, but one thing it is is consistent with the map and the course of events that can be gleaned from the 911 call itself and the witness testimony.
he came back closer to vicinity of zimms truck since that where shooting occurred, (according to you) but at the same time he was heading back to his truck. At the same time the body and the alcertation took place some distance away from the parking lot in the back of someone's yard.

So which is it? Did they roll the punches until they landed in the back yard? chase each other back and forth, play hide and seek?

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Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon May 21, 2012 5:25 pm

kiki5711 wrote:
Martin must have come back. Right? Otherwise, how did they get back together to have the fight ensue? So, we're supposed to believe that all Martin was doing was heading back to his father's fiance's house with the skittles, but for some reason we can't be sure of Martin returned to where Zimmerman was.
AGAIN, this is your PERCEPTION of what must have happened. not factual evidence. only what you thought up as sounding reasonable to you.
No, it is based on what we know. We KNOW where the shooting occurred. We KNOW it was fairly close to where Zimmerman's truck was parked. We KNOW that Zimmerman lost sight of Martin, based on the 911 call and Martin having run off toward the back entrance. We KNOW Zimmerman stopped chasing Martin for at least 1 minute and 42 seconds, based on the 911 time clock. We KNOW that Zimmerman did not stray far from where he was originally because we KNOW where the shooting occurred. We KNOW that Martin's father's fiance's house was "a few dozen yards away" and you can look it up online, and see the overhead picture. It's a about 4 or 5 townhome buildings away -- like a football field and a half, tops. We KNOW a person who can walk and run can traverse that distance in far less than a minute and a half. And, so we know that since the shooting took place Martin chose not to go there. He MUST have come back to the place where the shooting occurred.

What of this can you say is reasonably disputable?

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Post by maiforpeace » Mon May 21, 2012 5:30 pm

Tero wrote:Zimmerman behavior is not even OK for a rookie cop.

Rookie cops are itching for "action."
Apparently CES and Kiki are so engrossed with each other and seeing red that other comments are simply ignored. Gives me faith that both of them would be great jurors. :hehe:
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Post by kiki5711 » Mon May 21, 2012 5:34 pm

and he instead must have come back closer to the same vicinity as Zimmerman's truck, since that's where the shooting occurred.That's consistent with Zimmerman's story,
I thought the shooting occured somewhere in the middle of the back house walkway behind someone's yard.

That would still be quite a struggle and a wrestling match to end up from the truck to the back of the condo. Unless one of them ran (AWAY FROM THE TRUCK). Who is most likely to run away from their own truck, knowing he has a gun, the keys to the truck and walkie talkie with the police.? I'm thinking to keep safe, all zimmr had to do was climb into his truck and make his gun VISIBLE!

UNLESS, zimmerman deliberately ran away from his truck to tackle down martin.

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Post by Coito ergo sum » Mon May 21, 2012 5:40 pm

kiki5711 wrote:
All I'm doing is stating the objective facts, without reference to what either of them may have been subjectively thinking.

What does the distance prove? That in the one minute and 42 seconds from the time Zimmerman says Martin ran off, to the time Zimmerman hangs up the 911 call, Martin had time to get to the father's fiance's house, and then some, probably 3 or 4 times over. But, obviously, MARTIN DID NOT GO THERE, and he instead must have come back closer to the same vicinity as Zimmerman's truck, since that's where the shooting occurred.That's consistent with Zimmerman's story, since Zimmermantold the cops that he was headed back to his truck and Martin reappeared, saying something like "you got a problem" and Zimmerman says he said "No, I don't have a problem" and then Martin said "Well you do now!" And, then Martin attacked him, says Zimmerman. I don't have any idea if any of that is true, but one thing it is is consistent with the map and the course of events that can be gleaned from the 911 call itself and the witness testimony.
he came back closer to vicinity of zimms truck since that where shooting occurred, (according to you) but at the same time he was heading back to his truck. At the same time the body and the alcertation took place some distance away from the parking lot in the back of someone's yard.

So which is it? Did they roll the punches until they landed in the back yard? chase each other back and forth, play hide and seek?

READ YOUR OWN WRITING FIRST BEFORE YOU press the post bollock button
Where do you think the shooting occurred? Is the prosecution unclear about where the shooting occurred?

Here is a summary with a map: http://www.wagist.com/2012/dan-linehan/ ... ubled-back (see the shooting took place "closer to the same vicinity" of Zimmerman's truck, rather than nearer to the townhouse where Martin was staying with the father's fiance's aunt. That is the case, isn't it? If you thought I was saying it happened right near his truck like within a few feet, no, I did not say that. It looks from the overhead view like about 20 yards or so from the truck. Give or take. So, Martin "ran off" and then reappeared.

Look where Zimmerman was when the 911 call ended, then he walks just around the corner of that townhouse and encounters Martin. Didn't Martin have plenty of time to make it to the father's fiance's townhouse, if indeed that's where he was headed in the first place?

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