So far everything that has happened with the two incidents last year and this one this year have all been right by where MA works and there is at least one piece of video footage that supports what MA has previously said about Zimmerman...actually there had been a couple of things:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...immerman-road-rage-threat-20140912-story.html
Last year Circle K video footage showed GZ's car leaving as MA went into Circle K and the second time last year when MA said that GZ was by his place of work LE found GZ nearby. MA's actions this time seem questionable, but I wouldn't say it's a pattern as far as MA is concerned as it's just happened by where MA worked with the first video footage partially corroborating, the second GZ found nearby and now this which could be totally wrong on MA's part but I don't see as part of a broader pattern.
That really tells nothing though to me. Just because GZ was in the area doesn't mean he was there because of MA. Does he even know this man? I know he said to the police this time he did not recognize the shooter. Is there footage where they both are talking with each other at either of the first two locations? Or is it just video showing them in the same areas? I think the reason charges were never filed on either case is because both times GZ showed LE he had a reason to be in the area even though he is a free man and can go anywhere he wants to go. There was no RO restricting him from freely going anywhere in the city.
I truly think MA is some whacked out obsessed nut who wants to play vigilante and be the ONE to take GZ down. He thinks he will be hailed as a hero by those who also have extreme hatred for GZ. And I am sure he would be by some if he had murdered him in cold blood.
I am not even sure GZ ever threatened him either. Unless there is a video or witnesses that heard it that have no linkage to MA I am inclined to disbelieve it now that all of this has happened.
In fact since this has come out I have been wondering if MA has been setting this up all along as an excuse to shoot GZ and then claim self defense.
Whatever the case may be I see MA as a very dangerous man perhaps with some mental issues.
I had suspected all along that MA had a fixation with Zimmerman and now even the police believe it to be true. What he said is not a self defense statement imo. It shows premeditation when he said 'I hope I got him this time.' Does that mean he meant to get him the other times? Sure sounds like it. That statement will come back to haunt him as it should.
As an aside, NeJame's comment that they only arrested MA because he didn't give them a statement is absolutely ridiculous defense attorney spin and he knows it. The police don't arrest people because they don't give them a statement.
And if NeJame was correct that all it took was GZ's statement then he would have been arrested and charged the same day he shot at him. But that was not the case. LE said they investigated the case and came to the conclusion MA shot at GZ and there was no provocation on GZ's part. They will have evidence to support the charges or they never would have filed them in the first place. I imagine they not only have eye witnesses but also have camera footage of the area where the shooting happened.
I hope if the cases are proved BARD, (I don't think the DA would charge if he didn't think he could prove it).......he will be sent away to prison for a very long time. Vigilantism is not only illegal it is psychotic thinking, IMO. I was so glad to see they also charged him with shooting a weapon from inside a vehicle.
Its a wonder the bullet didn't strike some child or another innocent person.
In fact I think the charges should be upped to attempted murder since MA said he hoped he killed him this time. Does it now go before a GJ?
JMO though