Florida's Stand your Ground law

Dont know, but neighborhood watch people are told to report ANYTHING suspicious right away, so claims that many calls to 911 indicate that Zimmerman is a whack job are nonsense.

9. Zimmerman called the police 46 times since 2004.

20. Zimmerman was not a member of a registered Neighborhood Watch group. Zimmerman also violated basic Neighborhood Watch guidelines by carrying a weapon. [ABC News]

25. In April 2011, Zimmerman called the police to report a suspicious black male, “7-9″ years old, “skinny build.” [Daily Beast]

My understanding is the police highly discourage the carrying of guns, but dont tend to refuse to work with neighborhood watch volunteers who choose to do so.

Neighborhood Watch Manual
USAonWatch - National Neighborhood Watch Program

https://www.bja.gov/publications/nsa_nw_manual.pdf


Patrol members should be trained by law enforcement. It should be emphasized to members that they do not possess police powers and they shall not carry weapons or pursue vehicles. They should also be cautioned to alert police or deputies when encountering strange activity. Members should never confront suspicious persons who could be armed and dangerous.

I realize, Hawk, that it's much too much to expect anyone to source facts when opinions are so easy to come by

That's common sense, many Neighborhood Watch coordinators say, despite the alleged actions of self-appointed watch captain George Zimmerman, who admitted to fatally shooting an unarmed teen in his gated Sanford neighborhood last month.

"You don't do anything that would potentially put you in harm's way," said St. Petersburg's Broadwater Neighborhood Watch coordinator Ted Seefeldt. "You simply observe and report to police."

Across the Tampa Bay area this week, law enforcement agencies and Neighborhood Watch groups roundly rejected the pursuit of a suspect, as Zimmerman's 911 call indicated he did.

Though many declined to pass judgement on the Sanford man, who doesn't face charges, they described their group's policies — many of them meant to discourage such an encounter. Several agencies explicitly prohibit volunteers from carrying firearms.

Read the first three paragraphs of your cite, hawkeye.

My understanding is the police highly discourage the carrying of guns, but dont tend to refuse to work with neighborhood watch volunteers who choose to do so. It would be good to know how closely police worked with Zimmerman, and if they knew that he packs.

What 's the difference??
If he calls in a robbery or a burglary in progress,
what r thay going to DO?? Ignore him ?

CONGRATULATIONS on your restaurant!

What 's the difference??
If he calls in a robbery or a burglary in progress,
what r thay going to DO?? Ignore him ?

If the police decided that he was a danger or a crank who was wasting their time then they would twist his arm to cease and desist. As multiple analysis have concluded the video of him arriving at the police station indicates that they had the opposite view of him. As does the decision to not charge him. In that case the 911 operators would have been very short with him,which again is not what we see.

CONGRATULATIONS on your restaurant!

Thanks. I now see why you were a latchkey kid....running a new business
is more difficult and time consuming than I imagined.

If the police decided that he was a danger or a crank who was wasting their time then they would twist his arm to cease and desist.

If the police decided that he was a danger or a crank who was wasting their time then they would twist his arm to cease and desist.

You are funny hawkeye.. On one hand you argue that without being able to force someone to do something no one can force them to do something and then you argue that without being able to force someone to do something they would be able to force them to do something.

Will u indicate what u mean to express
with 2 consecutive periods, Mr. Parados ??


David

It sends a coded message to those of us who know what it means, David..

We know, we're laughing at you, and we're not telling you..