problem was others have gotten away in the past.
it sucks, but it still doesn't make Zimmerman into a qualified individual to deal with the issue.
I'd have followed after the kid if he ran. However, Zimmerman should have identified himself to the kid as soon as he saw him.
neither you nor Zimmerman is a trained LEO, you guys have no business conducting armed pursuits of any kind when you're working from nothing more than your own suspicion. Doing so can only lead to bad things for either you or the one being chased.
Case in point, if someone starts to tail me in the street, and then starts to chase after me once I tried to put some distance between us, guess what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna draw my weapon, which means he will also likely draws his weapon, at which point lead is gonna start flying downrange. Remember, just because you think you're the good guy doesn't mean other people will see it that way, which is why you shouldn't be a mall ninja and play cop when you're not.
I don't have any doubt the kid pretended to go for a 'gun' in his waistband. That's the move all the little kids here do when they know you see them doing shit.
great, and is completely irrelevant to this specific incident
I don't agree with people being totally passive, however; they shouldn't be going around shooting people either out of fear.
exactly, you need to be aware of what you should, and CAN do, doubly so when you're armed. And so far everything tells me Zimmerman had little clue to either.
