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Here's the problem with your argument as I highlighted with the pigeon example.can'tyoutell;6063288 said:Your analogy is missing the fact that the pigeon was following the bird before we stopped observing.
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evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
We have evidence that he was pursuing Trayvon before the call ended. We know he got out of his car. He started walking, he even says this himself. An altercation happens 40 feet from his car. This clearly demonstrates he was following him. There are no reasonable alternatives to explain these facts.
The alternative is he got out of the car to look at the street sign. That's the alternative. That's what he said, and that is the only other possibility for this particular case. Now let me show you, again, why I ruled out that alternative. I have a part time driving job right now, where I have to remember lots of streets. When I come to street I don't know, I don't park 40 feet away to look at it. I can either drive up close to look at it, or drive up close to it, get out, and then look at it (never done the latter.) If it is dark and I have to find an address and can't see them on houses, I may get out to get a closer look. Zimmerman wasn't looking for an address, he was checking the street sign. This alternative can safely be ruled out. It just does not make as much sense as the other version of the story.

Observed/Testified: Zimmerman can be heard getting out of his car (point 3) during the non-emergency call. He was asked if he was following Treyvon and said "Yeah".
Unknown: It is not known how far he traveled from point 3 during this time.
Observed/Testified: Treyvon lost Zimmerman as he ran.
Unknown: It is not known how far Zimmerman or Treyvon traveled during this time.
Observed/Testified: At least 3 minutes and 52 seconds pass between the time Zimmerman says "He ran" and the time Treyvon's call with Rachel Jeantel disconnects as she hears the beginning of the confrontation at point 5.
Unknown: The locations, traveling paths, and traveling speeds of Zimmerman or Treyvon during the time leading up to the confrontation are not known.
So, despite all of these unknowns, you're assuming that the only possible scenario was for Zimmerman to walk directly from point 3 to point 5 in the during the 4-5 minutes between him being asked if he was following Treyvon till the time the confrontation occurred? And Treyvon could only travel from point 4 to point 5 during the 4-5 minutes that passed, despite him running according to Zimmerman during the non-emergency call and according to Rachel Jeantel's testimony?
You're claiming Zimmerman had to take 4-5 minutes to travel 40 feet?
(40 ft/300 seconds)*12 inches=1.6 inches/second
(40 ft/240 seconds)*12 inches=2 inches/second
This gives Zimmerman an average speed between 1.6 inches per second (0.09MPH) and 2 inches per second (0.11MPH); less than 4 times the speed of a garden snail (Source: Natural History Magazine, March 1974, copyright 1974; The American Museum of Natural History; and James G. Doherty, general curator, The Wildlife Conservation Society).
Making these assumptions--despite so many unknowns--to reach this conclusion is none other than speculation bruh.
Not to mention that the speed required for a direct path here is absurd.
This is why I said it wasn't established.