so YOU know for a fact Zimmerman was brandishing his weapon before he got out of the vehicle? Speculating? Also, You don't know what a red herring is, you are using that term in the wrong way.You're talking that crap to the wrong person , here it's a half hour to forty-five minute **to the pavement** , now you extrapolate the response time , and then quit attempting to utilise such red herrings on me. Alright?
And the neighborhood watch facet is equally a red herring , perhaps you need to do some research and find out the auspices under which ' neighborhood watch' groups operate.
In addition you REALLY need to do some VERY basic reseach into self-defense law and quit yapping " pursuit is not assault" , you'll find that presumption of superior force trumps your bullshit , in other words ya pursue someone with a firearm in your hand you're already in brandishing territory along with assault , in many locales assault charges can be based (again) upon the presumption of superior force wielded in an intimidating manner.
And insofar as it goes , Zimmerman would be a bullying crack piece of shit STILL if the kid had been white , Indian or just fucking Purple and Polymorphously Perverse.
And all the bravado BULLSHIT within this thread " wel I WOULD FOLOOW aguy in my neighborhood , now what ya gonna do when the guy turns around and says to you " what the hell do you want?"
And it's a natural response , it's also a natural reponse to not take a buncha shit when the clown starts lipping off.
following someone and asking them what they are doing in no way can be contrived as assault or bullying or presumption of superior force in any way by any court in the land. Following someone also doesn't make you an aggressor, it just makes you a concerned citizen.