[quote]Severiano wrote:
There is a difference in perception. I look at what Zimmerman did as harassment, as the only thing Martin was doing was heading home. That is enough to warrant suspicion, it was enough to warrant both a call, and a response from the police. IMO there is a clear difference between peering into windows and scoping houses, and walking home. There is also a difference between dealing with someone with training, has the confidence and know how to deal with people. If you greet people, let them know of your presence and what you are doing whether they are up to no good, or just walking home, that’s one thing. Did Zimmerman even let Martin know he’s neighborhood watch before following him? “Hi, I’m Andrew, I head up neighborhood watch, can I help you with anything?” Vs. seeing a back person, not saying a word to them, getting on the phone and calling the police and then following them.
Do any of you know what half of the concept/ point of security is? Well, since the majority of you have no military, or guard, or security experience, it’s your job to primarily be a deterrent in most circumstances unless you are guarding a VIP or dignitary. Generally, you want to make your presence known, and put the people you are protecting at ease. You do this by letting people know who you are, what you do, why you are doing it.
If you heard that cops were called on your child while walking home and they weren’t even spoken to, how would that make you feel compared to if the same guy walked up to your child, let your child know they were neighborhood watch, then offered to walk them home? What Zimmerman should have done was inform Martin of who he was, what he was doing, and then offered to walk him home. As someone who would be doing security/ or captain of the neighborhood watch or whatever, if you are into security, especially your own neighborhood, you want to establish good relations with the families and children you are supposed to be protecting. Not lumping all blacks in as criminals and suspicious, especially when a good portion of people in your neighborhood are black! I’d expect the same from someone who spends their time at KKK rallies.
Zimmerman was either more interested in flexing his muscles, or completely lacked the concept and training of what a neighborhood watch person should be/do. The problem with a lot of people who carry around weapons is, that weapon tends to be their first resort, and only power. These sorts of people are pussies, their balls are attached to their weapons.
If you lack training, the ability to handle someone around your size or smaller (who themselves don’t have training) then why the hell would you be in that line of work? If your first resort is the same as your last, why wouldn’t you want to just let people know your an overweight VAG, and just have your weapon unconcealed? If people know you are armed they avoid altercation?
If you lived in a neighborhood where there were murders, burglaries, etc… And you saw a stranger make a phone call, then start following you to your home without so much as a word, what are you going to think? You might think you are about to get robbed, or mugged, or jumped. Would you want to lead such a party to your home? It’s more understandable that you might imagine or find yourself in altercation in this situation now, isn’t it?
This is why I say Zimmerman, under his capacity as a neighborhood watch/ security person harassed Martin by not declaring who he was, his intentions, his duties… I’m saying simple communication/ rudimentary training and maybe Martin would be alive.
The way I see this is the same way I see the way TSA uses their authority… Grounds of suspicion are ungrounded, completely ambiguous. The problem imo arises from how we define our terms… What is: suspicious? What is it specifically in that situation?
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It’s a shame that 3 days later, this thoughtful, respectful, well reasoned and thoroughly considered post has not been responded to in favor of childish attacks and “corn baiting”. LOL obviously nothing has changed since I realized how much of my life I was wasting arguing with these dunces.