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Breaking: Zimmerman in Custody, to Be Charged With 2nd Degree Murder

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Testy Toad T4/11/2012 4:08:03 pm PDT

re: #235 goddamnedfrank

Again, Zimmerman called the police non-emergency number, not 911. The operator probably was the same for both numbers and these may seem like nit picky details but repeating false information gives it inertia.

In my experience, non-emergency numbers take me to an actual police officer on the other end of the line (rather than an emergency dispatcher). Such officer might well have the legal power to tell Zimmerman not to follow Martin, rather than to say it was not necessary.

Or maybe not. I don’t know shit about law.