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The difference is TM was never arrested for stealing or for having the screwdriver, or anything else he had on him that day. It appears they investigated, found who belonged to the jewelry and end of story or he would have been charged. A screwdriver is not a knife, concealed weapon, it's a screwdriver and unless they were connecting it to a crime in the outside world it not against the law to have a screwdriver in your backpack (school yes because you can't even bring a plastic knife into school)...I have one in my car.
Sometimes a school tries not to give a child a record... they try hard to straighten kids out... but lets face it was not a pencil, pen, calculator or anything you need in school, coupled with ladies Jewelry? and you think it as no big deal... sorry but it is a huge big deal, and I do not believe in just Turing a blind eye,
GZ has had enough training through the police ride along program and 14 week introduction to police work to know what he was doing was wrong. That knowledge was on his side. If he were LE that night working dispatch his instructions would have been the same, stay with your vehicle..... He knew better because he did not know who TM was and GZ knew it was the responsibility of LE to handle it, not his. This had been drummed into him time and time again through the different programs he attended.
Who knows maybe GZ's wife was concerned with all the break ins and afraid some man would break into their home while he was away and attack her. Fear can cause a lot of anxiety in people and maybe GZ was just being too viligent because he was leaving his wife at home alone. I don't know what his reasoning was only that unless he can prove he has extreme ADD and never paid attention to what he was told by LE, he knew he was not to pursue TM, he was obligated to stay with his vehicle because LE was on the way. The choice was always his until it was too late. jmo
