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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman Trial - how the hell can anyone look at the photos [View all]MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)Martin from his truck. Martin apparently saw Zimmerman do this and thought Zimmerman was following him. (BEFORE 7:11pm)
At 7:11pm, Martin started to run away from Zimmerman (this is what Zimmerman told the non emergency dispatcher). Zimmerman got out of his vehicle and chased after Martin. Ay 7:13pm, Zimmerman said he lost Martin.
At 7:16pm, Zimmerman and Martin met up again. I'm not sure if Zimmerman took a shortcut and caught up to Martin that way or Martin doubled back and found Zimmerman. Martin yelled at Zimmerman "why are you following me?" and Zimmerman yelled at Martin "what are you doing here?" The fight ensues and less than a minute later, the fatal shot is fired.
Now, Martin was obviously scared enough of Zimmerman staring at him/following him in his truck that he decided to run for five minutes. Then he is unable to lose Zimmerman permanently because again, five minutes later Zimmerman catches up to him and starts yelling at him.
If someone you perceived as a creep decides to get out of his truck and run after you when you run away from him then starts yelling at you when he catches up to you, yes, I think that is reasonable he would cause you harm.
The only thing would be if Martin changed his mind after running away and decided to run back towards Zimmerman it might change things, but I do not believe that is the case.