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(8,039 posts)Seventeen year old teen walking back from store. Strange man in a car starts following him and looking at him. Teen makes sure the strange man in car knows he sees him by staring at him. Teen makes phone call because a strange man is following him with his car. Man stops car and gets out, stalks toward teen and grabs arm. Teen fights for his life because he has no idea what this strange man is trying to do. Parents, schools and cops have spent a lifetime telling kids/teens to not talk to strangers, don't let a stranger grab you and don't go near a stranger's car because there are violent perverts out that that want to steal you, rape you and kill you and to fight for your life if you can't get away.
Now there is no way of knowing for sure what was going on Trayvon's head because Zimmerman ignored police advice to stay put and he ignored all the rules of neighborhood watch avoiding confrontation and to just watch and call police. I can tell you this, if Zimmerman had followed the rules as they were set for the Neighborhood Watch and listened to the dispatcher Trayvon would not have died at Zimmerman's hands and both would be living their lives now.