The lie that Zimmerman told that should convict him

[Grammy23]

75. Martin was on the phone with his friend....the one who testified last week. He was concerned

and upset about why the man was apparently following him and they had discussion about this and what he should do. I think his friend recommended that he run because he was not too far away from the unit where he was staying. It probably all went down so fast he didn't have time to call 911 if he thought about doing that.

George Zimmerman could have done what was recommended by the person he was speaking to on the non-emergency line he called when he noticed Martin walking in the complex. He drew his own conclusions about who Martin was and what he was doing there. He even made a comment to the person on the line with him that gave away his perceptions about who Martin was and why he was in his neighborhood. "They always get away." Then disregarding what he was told---- "We don't need you to do that." (follow him)-- he continued to pursue the "suspect" (Zimmerman's words) and when they met he never told Martin who he was and instead lied and said there was "NO problem." Why would he NOT tell the teenager who he was and why he was following him? Because he had already made up his mind that Martin was a suspect. There is NO good reason for not identifying himself as a Neighborhood Watch volunteer. If he had, the outcome of the whole thing may have gone in a different direction. Trayvon would probably have quickly told him who he was and where he was headed....a unit only a short distance down that sidewalk that could be verified. All's well that ends well and Zimmerman could have called the cops back and told them they did not need to come.

Instead he jumped to a conclusion and inaccurately assumed Martin was up to no good, followed him, scared him and then had to deal with the consequences of that. Trayvon Martin had as much right to "stand his ground" as George Zimmerman did and unfortunately paid for it with his life.