No.. NW is supposed to observe, report and go indoors.
Most also do NOT patrol.
Who sets the standard for what they're "supposed" to do? Keep in mind that not following a friendly suggestion or breaking private sector rules does not constitue a crime in the real world. Therefore, neighborhood watch has jack **** to do with this situation regardless.
Zimmerman was suspicious of this guy, whom he did not recognize, walking around in his neighborhood in the rain wearing a shroud (Shroud: Something that conceals, protects, or screens) over his head; that's not unreasonable considering that there were break-ins in the neighborhood recently. Burglars can drink tea and eat skittles too. So far, there's nothing illegal.
Then Zimmerman decided to follow this suspicious, shrouded, skittle-eating, and tea-toting individual so that he would not disappear before the police arrived. He called for the police to show up. He said, "these assholes always get away." He was heard saying what I personally believe to be, "****ing goon!" He is entitled to his opinion; welcome to the United States of America. If you don't like freedom of speech, then please, G.T.F.O. and let the rest of us enjoy what freedom we still have left in this country. So long as one is in a place where they have a right to be and it is not a repetitive occurence, then following someone out of suspicion is neither a problem nor a crime in Florida. So far, there's nothing illegal.
Now this suspicious, shrouded, skittle-eating, and tea-toting individual decides to turn around and attack the person following him, which is illegal; most people would call that "assault." Then he starts winning the fight, and Zimmerman, the person losing the fight, calling for help and receiving none resorted to his last option to save his own life or keep himself from being severely injured and used his firearm, which he was legally carrying, and in this case, using legally, to incapacitate his assailant. So far, there's nothing illegal.
Trayvon Martin signed his own death warrant by attacking George Zimmerman.
So for those of you who think what Trayvon Martin did was the right course of action, please take some friendly advice from me; If you're
ever being followed by someone,
call the police! If Trayvon Martin called the police, then the dispatchers would have probably been like, "...wait wtf? Do we have two guys on the phone right now at the same location, and one is saying he is following someone and the other is saying he's being followed?"
Perhaps that would have been all it would take to show that nothing was wrong. Instead, like an idiot who is more afraid of the police than the guy following him (I wonder why), he called his girlfriend. I don't know; maybe this is just some dumb idea that got into my head, but I don't think very many prospective burglars would call the police and say they're being followed in a place they have no business being; therefore, it would have been a no-brainer for dispatch to figure out what was happening.
