Anyone in this damn country can walk on a sidewalk (PUBLIC PLACE) behind someone. Anyone can be in a public place, at any time they want. If another citizen decides they're suspicious and calls the police on them, then it's up to the police to determine if they're suspicious once an officer gets there. Often, all an officer has to go on is the person's statement who calls dispatch. If you did it every single day, and followed close to them, you MAY have a case for harassment (In TX anyways, but it's hard to prove and hard to get PC for that charge). Each person is responsible for their own safety. And someone CAN NOT ATTACK someone else for "following them" or saying something negative to them.
A law enforcement representative wouldn't ask that because not jumping off of a bridge wouldn't endanger a law officer, wouldn't put myself or other pedestrians citizens in danger. Following a perp might do that. Again, your lack of respect for authority has been noted.
No, they can't. You're wrong about people being allowed to be any public place any time they want. Police go to investigate public places all the time. They set up tape, and perimeters in those public places, and don't let anyone who isn't involved inside those public places. The fact is that law enforcement do those kinds of things daily. You just don't know what you're talking about.
Why is the Zimmerman team leaking so much possible evidence? Between the "family physician" and the lie dector [sic] leak, seems like the Zimmerman team is trying to influence the jury poll and public opinion
Some of the terrible work done by the Sanford PD. Amatuers. SMH. How do you not test for alcohol? I bet this guy had been drinking and we'll never know for sure now. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47453164/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/
According to US News the autopsy report on Trayvon Martin indicates he was shot at intermediate range. That contradicts what I had heard on the news yesterday that he was shot at close range. Besides the gunshot the only injury Martin had was an abrasion on his hand. http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2...ed-from-intermediate-range-autopsy-shows?lite Trayvon Martin killed by single gunshot fired from 'intermediate range,' autopsy showsBy NBC News and msnbc.com Florida teenager Trayvon Martin died from a single gunshot wound to the chest fired from “intermediate range,” according to an autopsy report reviewed Wednesday by NBC News. The official report, prepared by the medical examiner in Volusia County, Fla., also found that the 17-year-old Martin had one other fresh injury – a small abrasion, no more than a quarter-inch in size – on his left ring finger below the knuckle. Separately, a medical report on Martin’s alleged killer, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, prepared by his personal physician the day after Martin’s shooting in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, found that the Neighborhood Watch volunteer suffered a likely broken nose, swelling, two black eyes and cuts to the scalp. That report, first reported Tuesday by ABC News, also was reviewed by NBC News. Both documents are part of a mountain of evidence – up to 300 pages and 67 CDs of witness statements, surveillance videos and other material-- expected to be made public soon in connection with the second-degree murder case against Zimmerman. Zimmerman allegedly shot Martin during a confrontation inside the gated community in Sanford where Zimmerman was a neighborhood volunteer and where Martin was visiting his father’s fiancée. After first reporting a suspicious person in the neighborhood in a phone call to Sanford police, Zimmerman followed the teenager before a fatal confrontation that remains shrouded in mystery. When police arrived at the scene to find Martin dead on the sidewalk, Zimmerman claimed he shot the teen in self-defense. Zimmerman was treated at the scene for cuts and a bloody nose, then questioned by police for hours before being released without being arrested. Authorities said at the time that they had no evidence challenging Zimmerman's account and that his conduct appeared to be justified under Florida's so-called Stand Your Ground law. But after questions about possible racial motivation for the slaying – Martin was black; Zimmerman is a white man of Hispanic heritage – a special prosecutor took over the case and, on April 11, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder. He was released on April 23 on a $150,000 bond and has been out of the public eye since then.
Your inability to understand the difference between a police dispatcher and a police officer has been noted.
I never called a dispatcher a police officer. I said they were the official representative of the police which is accurate. They were the official acting as the contact between the person who was lodging the complaint GZ, and law enforcement. They were representing law enforcement. My statement has been accurate. The whole idea of it being OK for GZ to follow Martin because he had a right to is ridiculous. I can't believe you guys are arguing for that. A person has the right to walk down the street with their hands in their pockets or at their side, but if a cop comes around looking for a suspect and tells the person to put their hands above their head, it isn't a good idea to keep their hands in their pockets even though they have the right to do that.
Interesting. The first report I heard was on CBS news yesterday that said he was shot at close range because of stippling around the wound from powder. This was repeated by CBS again today saying Martin was shot within inches. How much of a difference would there be in stippling if shot in close range versus intermediate range?
Intermediate means it is the range between the gun making contact with skin or clothes and the range where no residue or stippling is found. When I say 1-2 feet max, it could be 1 inch. Intermediate is close range.
