Zimmeran stopped running after Trayvon when the dispatcher told him to and he remained on the line and answered more questions. Link
No, I don't think Zimmerman did stop pursuing Trayvon and wait for the police.
That's not the later reports show happened. And if you read the rest of the call, Zimmerman first agrees to wait somewhere...then asks if they could just call him when they're close. I believe he wanted the police to call him when they were close so he could tell them where he was--meaning he was leaving the location where he was standing to follow Trayvon further.
The time that he actually did stand still, though...that would explain why Trayvon thought he lost Zimmerman, shortly before Zimmerman reappeared and confronted him.
From what she says, either Zimmerman pushed Trayvon twice or Zimmerman pushed Trayvon after Trayvon pushed him. I don't think we'll ever know the truth.
It doesn't matter, IMO. When you follow someone who is running from you in your car, then decide to get out of your car with a gun in your hand and go confront them, you have already signaled a willingness--if not outright intent--to use that gun on that person.
I don't. It's a fair question.
What difference does it make to the case?
The girl's testimony is what is important to the case, and because it is corroborated by every other piece of testimony we have, it's not really in doubt. What's being questioned here is her behavior after the call was ended...and
her behavior has no bearing on the killing. This is very similar, IMO, to asking why Trayvon was suspended from school--the source of much speculation--in that it has no real bearing on what happened this particular night and is being used by some to imply that maybe Trayvon wasn't a good kid.
But what if he wasn't? And what if he hung up with his girlfriend before the confrontation started, and she really didn't hear that part? What if?
It doesn't make a damned bit of difference to this case.
That's why, IMO, when people bring up issues like this as a matter of news (rather than idle forum speculation), it's an attempt to distract. To muddy the waters. To make it look as if something sinister is hiding in the "other side's" story.