Originally posted on 07/07/2013:

Quote Originally Posted by rkelly110 View Post
I see where guesser is coming from, but Martin should've shown restraint also. If you aren't doing anything wrong
why do you care if someone is tailing you? What was Martin doing to have someone follow him?

His old man didn't know he wasn't home. Apparently it's normal for his kid to be out at all hours of the night.
Gee, maybe he might be part of the problem? Having good kids means you have to be involved.
It was 7 PM. Whether Martin was a "good kid" or not is totally irrelevant. There is less than zero evidence Martin was doing anything wrong. According to Zimmerman he was "just walking around looking about" in the rain and said, "This guy looks like he is up to no good or he is on drugs or something.". Zimmerman was just pissed that "these penetrating punks" and "assholes" always get away, and he was going to play cop, against actual police orders to not follow the kid, and not let that happen this night. And because of his actions, not anything Martin did, we have the crime that occurred.