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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6660007" data-attributes="member: 8835">Part of that was the directive was from a 911 dispatcher.  They did not have 'lawful authority" to issue him an order, and thus "stay in the car" wasn't binding.A loophole, though really it was Zimmerman's chance for simple advice and best practice to be heard and listened to.he failed his wisdom check.  In hindsight, should have stayed in the car.I'm thinking that Zimmerman's defense painted everything up to the confrontation as "not a good idea, but not illegal or bad"They then must have framed the first contact as going south quickly and aggressively by Trayvon.  Given that evidence was that Trayvon was on top in MMA style beating Zimmerman up, that's quite possible.Since all we'd get from either side was he said/she said stuff, they likely relied on the witness who saw Trayvon on top and the physical injuries (I don't know what trayvon got, besides shot, but zimmerman took some hits).Sadly, both could have said, "hey, let's call the cops and they'll settle who's supposed to be here and who's not supposed to be stopping me" and been done with it.When that whole case come up, there were far worse atrocities under the SYG law in Florida that started getting new press.  One where a kid in an alley gets pulled up on by a security team and shot.  No weapons, no crime, no talking, just bullets.</blockquote>