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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't matter at all what the dispatcher told or advised GZ to do.  (Yes, I agree with the PP who stated that the dispatcher simply told him they don't need him to follow TM).  Even if the dispatcher had said "stay where you are! Don't take another step!"  It wouldn't make any difference.

GZ has a right to walk in public on the common grounds and approach whoever is out there.  He can walk right up to TM and say "what are you doing?"  That doesn't give TM the right to punch someone for asking him a question.  Even if GZ was insulting and said "Hey N---, what are you doing?"  (I am not saying GZ said that.) It doesn't give TM the right to start punching GZ.  Being insulted does not give you the right to punch someone.  Now, if GZ was lunging toward TM with hands outstretched or if GZ pulled out his gun (which is unlikely since it would have been lost in the scuffle that ensued), then TM has a right to fight back.

But, GZ and anyone else has a right to approach and ask questions of anyone in the common area.  That is not enough for TM to claim that HE was defending himself when he punched GZ.

The dispatcher's statements are irrelevant to the claim of self defense on either side.[/quote]

Yes, and TM has a right to walk home in his father's neighborhood without being stalked or chased.  Apparently GZ even said to the dispatcher that he had "lost him" and hunted him down.  So, TM saw he was being stalked, ran away, was chased down while trying to get away from the crazy man with the gun.  And then when trying to get away a second time, GZ, the vigilante policeman-wannabe yells in classic TV fashion "Stop or I'm going to shoot".  When TM continues to run, GZ shoots him.

Yes, this is a lot of conjecture, but it's worth about the same as your fictional accounting above.  You need to go write for tabloids.[/quote]

He was a guest in a gated community different set of rules because its not a public place[/quote]

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