I dont see where Zimmerman did ANYTHING wrong.
They make a big deal of the “911 operator” ordering him not to follow Saint Skittles.
Well, this was NOT 911 operator, it was a volunteer at the NON-emergency number, and she has no authority to ORDER him to do anything, but yet he does agree and starts heading back to his car.
He has every right as a homeowner AND neighborhood watch volunteer (the neighborhood wanted him to be doing this) to be watching over their houses and looking for any suspicious activity (i.e. someone wandering between buildings in the rain in the dark)
Perhaps the use of the word ‘wrong’ was a bit too descriptive.
I think a non-professional person (such as Z), seeing a ‘suspicious’ person in the neighborhood should call the police and then move on...go home....get lost. This is certainly what I would have done....simply because I would not want to get into any situation that I could not handle.
Way baack when I was in HS, I knew this guy who worked at a KMart. He saw someone shoplift an item and run out the store. My friend chased after him and after several hundred yards, he actually caught the guy. He then got his butt kicked for his troubles...and the guy ran off anyway. Again, sometimes the brain needs to engage before the feet start moving.
Just to reiterate, I do not think for one second that Zimmerman wasn’t justified in shooting Trayvon. With that said, I do think he should have used his brain to avoid the situation altogether....that’s all.