There was a legal commentator on the news last night stating that the Zimmerman case and this case in Georgia are very different legally. In the Georgia case - at least one of two men confronted Ahmaud Arbery while openly carrying a firearm with the intent of "terrorizing the public" -- so effectively a crime was potentially committed even before the trigger was pulled and it was clear that one of the two men initiated the physical contact.
There is no law that you cannot follow someone in your neighborhood. You have just as much rights to walk through it as anyone else. In the Zimmerman case - all the evidence indicates that Trayvon Martin initiated the physical contact and Zimmerman defended himself from being beaten with a concealed firearm which he was licensed to carry.
Legally these are two very different situations -- according to the legal analyst.
Was the legal analyst white haha...
You have a right to walk through a neighborhood but you do not have a right to follow someone..
hey look at that hot Milf over there..I am going to follow her and stare at her ass.
hey that guy looks suspicious because he is latin...i am going to follow him the next few blocks and see what he does.
it is called stalking and harrassing. example in California for example:
Under Penal Code 646.9 PC,
California law defines the crime of stalking as
following, harassing, and threatening another person to the point that the person fears for his or her safety. Stalking can be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony and a conviction can carry up to 5 years in jail or prison.
I the ZIMMERMAN case, Zimmerman specifically said that he was going to follow Trayvon and 911 TOLD HIM NOT TO. (let's not make up facts but use the ones we got).
Also, if you are following me and confront me, I have the right to defend myself, I don't know who the fuck you are and why you are following me in the dark....maybe you are going to mug me....why does Zimmerman get all the benefit of the doubt to protecrt himself but the guy followed and confronted gets none?
That is fucked up.
who initiates the physical contact is irrelevant. If you push me in a bar and I take a bat and crack you over the head I am going to jail. If I follow you and you turn and tackle me yelling at me to stop followng... I am allowed to shoot you and kill you? Why? Because I had the right to claim I wwas scared but you don't? Oh that is right you are dead you cannot claim anything, I get to tell the whole story and everyone will just believe me.