AP journalist criticized for claiming George Zimmerman disobeyed 9-11 dispatcher's orders

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5. Call it an "order" or a "suggestion". It doesn't matter in the long run.

The fact that Zimmerman was told by dispatch "We don't need you to do that" as it relates to following Trayvon, when he did actually follow Trayvon, shows recklessness on Zimmerman's part. And if the prosecution can show that Zimmerman's own recklessness lead to Trayvon's death, at a minimum they can get a manslaughter conviction.

Unless you want to believe Zimmerman's story that he immediately stopped following Trayvon after dispatch "suggested" he stop, and that he was heading back to his car when he was "ambushed" by Trayvon. Which a) makes no logical sense whatsoever (why would someone being chased but escaped his pursuer decide to randomly double back and attack the person he just escaped) and b) is contradicted by Zimmerman telling dispatch to have police call him instead of meeting him at his car.