[Makarov]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Garbage. So getting out of your car to observe and follow someone suspicious is now a jailable offense.

so maybe those two teens that chased down a child kidnapper should be charged then under your laws?

I mean at this point under your law, its irrelevant if Zimmerman was armed or not armed.

We know next to nothing about the actual scenario that lead to Martin's death. All we know is that Zimmerman was told to break off pursuit, he agreed, we heard the sound of him as he stopped running, then we heard Martin's girl friends comment. Then we jump to a witness talking about Martin on top of Zimmerman. you don't know about the confrontation and who actually initiated it. I don't know.

But your legal theory is completely unsound. Basically any time in the next little while where someone chases down a criminal and tackles him, or breaks up a mugging and punches out the mugger, you should be enraged. You should have 60 posts in the thread screaming for jail time.

Because under your model as soon as Zimmerman left his truck, well that's the legal breaking point.

Am I missing something? As far as I know, at the time Zimmerman began monitoring him, Trayvon Martin was just walking down the street. He wasn't doing anything suspicious, he hadn't kidnapped anyone, he wasn't a criminal, and he didn't mug anyone.