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In reply to the discussion: Zimmerman apologists always run into same problem. Person minding their own business ended up dead. [View all]1monster
(11,045 posts)Several years ago (before cell phones were ubiquitous), I was driving home with my then young son after dark. For whatever reason, I decided to take the long way home. While driving around, a big white pick up truck pulled up behind me and started following me.
My neighborhood is a rabbit warren of twising interconnected roads that all lead to a half circle outer road that ends in a highway on both ends.
After making several turns down different roads, it was obvious that the guy in the truck was following me. I was afraid to pull into my driveway and passed it by. Likewise, I was afraid to stop at any of my neighbors or friends homes in case they were not home or that I couldn't get to their doors fast enough. So I kept driving around, knowing that my husband was on his way home from another point.
Finally meeting up with him, I pulled into my driveway with him behind me. He called 911 to report and the truck driver, now seeing that I was no longer alone, took off.
If we had been able to get a license tag number, or had the driver been stupid enough to hang around, he could have been arrested for stalking.
It is illegal to stalk people in Florida. Zimmerman could probably have been charged with stalking too.