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Patience:
It was a police dispatcher, although I don't understand what you're trying to say. When you're on the phone with 911 and they tell you to get your ass down because shots are being fired, do you argue with them and say 'Hmmm, I think I'll wait for the police to tell me that'? And I also don't know why I would need to see a picture of his dead body.
Klown: Here's the transcript. It clearly states Martin approached the car - and no, they didn't speak. But if they had, perhaps Martin would be alive today. It also clearly states that Martin RAN AWAY. It clearly states that the dispatcher told him not to follow. But he did, and then he got out of his car, and then he pulled a gun and shot that unarmed boy dead.
http://www.documentcloud.org/...transcript-zimmerman.html
Trumper elaborated on the first part of my post, which should solve most of the first half of your post. The part about MSNBC showing his dead body was merely to illustrate the callousness of a TV news agency suddenly screening a picture of a dead body, right as the trial over the death of the former owner of that body was winding down.
As for the rest of your quote, it seems that you have strong feelings about this case, which may or may not be clouding your judgement. What I am going to say here is that, given the facts in this case, what Zimmerman did was legal, while what Treyvon Martin did was not. 6 other women agree to that fact. I am also going to say that both parties did stupid things, and one of them is now dead because of it.
As to the transcript you posted a link to, it clearly shows the dispatcher telling Zimmerman ONE TIME that "we don't need you to do that", in reference to him following Treyvon. The "police" did NOT tell Zimmerman to stop following him multiple times. Going by the transcript, it appears Zimmerman began heading back towards his vehicle, but that's not mentioned there.
Also, do you really expect us to give up our right to bear arms just because one kid died at the hands of what could have been an overzealous neighborhood watchman? If Zimmerman would not have had that gun, he would probably have been the one that ended up dead, or at least with an altered life. And we would not be having this conversation on this thread, being our Obama-loving media would not have reported it, our Department of Justice would not have helped inflame racial tensions in the state just to have the trial in the first place, and no one would have heard a peep from the Racebaiting Black Leaders (Al Sharpton, Jessee Jackson, etc) who make their living off of dividing races and causing racial tensions where none should be present.