Zimmerman heard to be using racial slur on 911 tape

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32. 9/11 operators need to issue clear, forceful "Do not pursue" commands. Call it a "Zimmerman warning"

There needs to be a federal law that covers all such cases nationwide, particularly in "stand your ground states." There has to be a clear rule that armed civilians cannot chase down other citizens. People need to understand that unauthorized pursuit while armed amounts to a crime, vigilantism, and is already a violation of federal Civil Rights laws.

Here's the present Florida statute, which is ambiguous:

Florida Laws: FL Statutes - Title XLVI Crimes Section 776.012 Use of force in defense of person.


776.031 Use of force in defense of others.
A person is justified in the use of force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on, or other tortious or criminal interference with, either real property other than a dwelling or personal property, lawfully in his or her possession or in the possession of another who is a member of his or her immediate family or household or of a person whose property he or she has a legal duty to protect. However, the person is justified in the use of deadly force only if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony. A person does not have a duty to retreat if the person is in a place where he or she has a right to be.

History.--s. 13, ch. 74-383; s. 1189, ch. 97-102; s. 3, ch. 2005-27.

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