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911 dispatcher: Are you following him? [2:24]
Zimmerman: Yeah. [2:25]
911 dispatcher: OK. We don’t need you to do that. [2:26]
Zimmerman: OK. [2:28]
911 dispatcher: Alright, sir, what is your name? [2:34]
Zimmerman: George. He ran.
911 dispatcher: Alright, George, what’s your last name?
Zimmerman: Zimmerman.
911 dispatcher: What’s the phone number you’re calling from?
Zimmerman: 407-435-2400
911 dispatcher: Alright, George, we do have them on the way. Do you want to meet with the officer when they get out there?
Zimmerman: Yeah.
911 dispatcher: Alright, where are you going to meet with them at?
Zimmerman: Um, if they come in through the gate, tell them to go straight past the clubhouse and, uh, straight past the clubhouse and make a left and then go past the mailboxes you’ll see my truck. [3:10]
911 dispatcher: Alright, what address are you parked in front of? [3:21]
Zimmerman: Um, I don’t know. It’s a cut-through so I don’t know the address. [3:25]
911 dispatcher: OK, do you live in the area?
Zimmerman: Yeah, yeah, I live here.
911 dispatcher: OK, what’s your apartment number?
Zimmerman: It’s a home. It’s 1950 – oh, crap, I don’t want to give it out – I don’t know where this kid is [inaudible] [3:40]
911 dispatcher: OK, do you just want to meet with them at the mailboxes then? [3:42]
Zimmerman: Yeah, that’s fine. [3:43]
911 dispatcher: Alright, George, I’ll let them know you’ll meet them at …
Zimmerman: Could you have them call me and I’ll tell them where I’m at? [3:49]
911 dispatcher: OK, that’s no problem.
Zimmerman: My number … you’ve got it?
911 dispatcher: Yeah, I’ve got it. 435-2400?
Zimmerman: Yeah, you got it.
911 dispatcher: OK, no problem. I’ll let them know to call you when they’re in the area. [4:02]
Zimmerman: Thanks.
911 dispatcher: You’re welcome.
Call ends 4:07
Bad means good.
Does OKAY mean NO now?
He sees Trayvon, they make eye contact. If he was "looking for trouble" as the Arm Chair Detectives keep insinuating, why didn't he confront Trayvon the moment he spotted him or any time before he walked pass Jorge's truck? Why even call 9/11. Why ask 9/11 to get an officer over there. Why give them directions to get to where you are. Anyone with half a brain would see he was simply observing and reporting to the dispatcher. Even when he gets out of his truck he was doing so to observe which direction Trayvon ran off to, he was still on the line with the dispatcher. He followed the direction he saw Martin run off to. He wasn't actively engaging in a foot chase because by the time he could get out of his truck Martin had turned the corner and was gone.
Trayvon had a head start to put some distance between them. Zimmerman had already lost visual by the time he starts to move at a faster pace and was told to not follow. At which point he DID stop, and did so with in seconds of being asked to. But apparently to the Team Trayvon's Arm Chair Detectives, saying "OK" now means "NO". We know he stopped because Zimmerman can be heard breathing hard from the faster pace and goes back to breathing normal as he finishes the call with 9/11 in a calm manner with no stress or labored breathing in his voice. He says he doesn't know where Martin is. The time from the moment he was told to follow and the end of the call was oiver 1 minute and 30 seconds. The home where Trayvon was staying at was a little over 150ft away from where he was later shot and killed. There is a missing minute to 2 minutes from the end of zimmerman's call and the beginning of the 9/11 calls from witnesses.
So he had maybe 3 minutes to move 200ft to safety from what he perceived as threat.. Aren't blacks suppose to be the best sprinters?
This teen who was in shape, a high school athlete; he couldn't out run a out of shape beaner?
For what ever reason he decided to go back and a confrontation with Zimmerman ensued.
He didn't go back to the house immediately, he probably sees Zimmerman and is able to size him up now when he couldn't before.
Martin 6ft+ 160lbs
Zimmerman 5'8" 170lbs
Maybe he felt he had to keep it real?
A case study on when Keeping it Real goes wrong.
