“We don’t need to you do that, sir.”
Not an instruction. More like advice.
Not an instruction. More like advice.
It was not a command or advice. It was basically a statement to protect the Authorities from a lawsuit if Z got hurt while following.
A lawyer obviously came up with this wording.
And then the asked Zimmerman, “What’s he doing now?” Basically, asking him to continue surveillance. So, here is a neighborhood watch guy being given conflicting signals and a suspicious-looking character is slinking around in his (Zimmerman’s) regularly pilfered neighborhood.
I wish O’Mara had played up the dangerous streets of America context that was clearly available to him in this case. Zimmerman, the meek, soft—let’s face it, a not very physically threatening presence, going out on evening patrols to protect his neighborhood. Guy had guts.
“We don’t need to you do that, sir.”
Not an instruction. More like advice.
Actually, he testified as a witness saying something to the extent they are required to make such a statemet to avoid being responsible for the consequences of asking a civilian to take a certain action, and not just following a person to observe their conduct.