No its not. The watch coordinator said it is suggested but not against the rules. On Jul 22, 2013 7:28 PM, "Eric Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Actually Martin was a better fighter, despite the fact that Zimmerman was > trained as an MMA fighter (and apparently sucked at it...his trainer > testified that he was soft). Still no excuse. As Scott said. If > Zimmerman > would have followed the directions of the 911 operator, Martin would still > be alive. If he would have been following Neighborhood Watch protocols, he > never would have confronted Martin and he would not have been carrying a > gun > ...carrying a gun is against the rules of the Neighborhood Watch Program. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 6:09 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Zimmerman rescues family of 4 from car crash > > > And what you did was absolutely correct. In your building there is security > whose job it is to help deal with these grey areas. You escorted him to > security. > > In Zimmerman's case, he initially did the right thing. He had suspicions > and > called 911. Good job. Still would have sucked to be Martin and get the cops > called on you because you are a black youth wearing a hoodie. And I would > have liked to have a scene where people don't call the cops on a black kid > until the black kid in question actually does something...you > know...illegal. But, still, I can understand Zimmerman's issue there, even > if I would not do the same thing. > > The bit where he becomes a stalker with a gun is when he then ignores 911 > instructions ( I know that they are not police), proceeds to stalk the kid, > then gets out of the car to confront him. All without a single illegal > behavior on the part of Martin. In Cam's case, the dude is in a private > building. Escorting him to security is totally reasonable because it is > private property. In the case of Zimmerman and Martin, there is no such > reasonableness. Martin is squarely within his rights, walking > independently, > and Zimmerman is trying to detain the dude. > > You put Tim in the part of Martin, hoodie-wearing punk dude, and Zimmerman > may have been in the hospital before he got a chance to draw his gun. And > rightly so. The fact that Martin wasn't as good of a fighter as Tim is no > reason to blame him for his own death, when he had no part in causing it. > > Cheers, > Judah > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Cameron Childress > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Judah McAuley wrote: > > > > > Trayvon Martin was not giving him shit. He was walking home with a > > > bag of Skittles to watch a football game with his dad. He wasn't > > > entering > > anyone's > > > building. He wasn't stealing anything. > > > > > > This guy told me he was looking for a company and gave me the company > name. > > I did not witness him stealing anything. I did not know for sure that > > he was going to steal anything. He may have even been telling the > > truth. I really think he probably was fishing for things to steal, but > > I did not know that for sure. That's why I escorted him to the > > security desk to "find that company he's looking for" instead of accusing > him. > > > > I am 100% sure that the building security as well as the police would > > tell me not to do that sort of thing, just like the did Zimmerman. It > > could have turned out in a similar "he said vs he said" or "he said vs > "he's dead" > > situation. I am not saying it's identical, but I am saying that > > sometimes situations can spiral out of control. Mine did not. But it > > does make me think - what if..... > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365817 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
