Zimmerman 911 phone call
Do you think he sounds scared? I don't.
At 2:41 Zimmerman says "f-ing *oons.".
Zimmerman is claiming self defense, but he does NOT sound scared. Instead he begins the call sounding very calm, and only becomes agitated (around 2:20) out of frustration after lamenting (1:40) that "they always get away." It sounds like he is agitated not because the teen is threatening him, but because the teen (who Zimmerman has decided is guilty of something) might get away. He admits to following him and even says "he ran." This is why Zimmerman followed him, not to protect himself, but to catch the person he imagined was the bad guy. Zimmermam is the instigator and the aggressor.
It also makes no sense that someone who is afraid for his life would ignore the 911 dispatcher, get out of his car, and follow the scary person.
It DOES make sense that someone with a chip on his shoulder and is confident because he has a gun would take it upon himself to start a confrontation. If you are afraid, you don't escalate the situation. At the end of the call, the 911 operator asks Zimmerman where he wants to meet the police. After agreeing on the mailboxes, Zimmerman changes his mind and asks if the cops can call him when they get to the community to see where he is. He didn't say that they should meet him at his house. It makes sense that Zimmerman said this because he intended to follow and catch the kid, and because it would involve an active search on his part, he didn't know where his pursuit of the teen would lead him.
Also, of course Trayvon was looking back at him; there was a creepy guy in a car staring at him. And of course he tried to leave as quickly as he could: the creepy guy was following him! And, even if Trayvon did fight back, the Stand Your Ground law would protect him, not Zimmerman, as Trayvon was the person who was actively followed and then accosted.
IMO Zimmerman saw a black kid, stalked him, picked a fight, and shot him. He is hiding behind self-defense (and the police allowed it) because of an inherent belief that black people are scary and dangerous.
Disgraceful.
What do you think?
Hi Lily — I shared my thoughts with you on this on the comment page. I do hear fear in his voice, but it is BEFORE he confronted Trayvon so he may have worked up his own fear unrelated to Trayvon. I wish I could say more, but I can’t at this point. I need to see him speak and tell us what happened.
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Hi Lily -- I shared my thoughts with you on this on the comment page. I do hear fear in his voice, but it is BEFORE he confronted Trayvon so he may have worked up his own fear unrelated to Trayvon. I wish I could say more, but I can't at this point. I need to see him speak and tell us what happened.