Listen for yourself.
http://www.wftv.com/videos/news/raw-911-call-zimmerman-made-to-sanford-police/vGZq9/
Basically yes, but that's because at the time Zimmerman was watching Mrtin from his truck so I wouldn't read too much into it.
The dispatcher in that recording never egged Zimmerman on. Asking Z to let them know if M does anything, is not an invitation to follow the guy, but just report what you see out of the ordinary. When M walked away, (Z never stated that he ran, he just stated that they always get away), it seems Z got impatient and opened his door. It was then that M started to run. Z started to follow M.
You can hear the change in wind, as if Z was running and he was slightly out of breath, but it only lasted for about 20 seconds. However by the end of the phone call he was calm and it seems waiting for the police to arrive. Most likely near his vehicle.
His last question was not one of bewilderment asking to go look for M or the alleged street sign. He just asked for the police to call him when they arrived. Z was obviously not near his truck when they got there.
@ Berzerker
Z told the dispatcher that he was near the cut off in his truck. He was already parked while on the phone and opened his door to get out of the truck only when M was almost out of sight. That is why he started to hurry and the dispatcher asked Z if he was following M. He may have made it to the T, but going further would only make sense, if you believe that he told the police he was looking for a street sign. The only reason he wanted them to think he was looking for that was not because of the conversation with the dispatcher, but he needed a reason other than M for him to be going in that direction.
I realize that Z did not have the number, he explained that he was at the cut off (sidewalk area known as the T). He and his truck were parked there, and it is plausible that he made it to the T because he told the dispatch that M was running toward the rear entrance (south on the T). We now have M running slightly longer than Z and he made it further south on the T into the darkness.
We have the conversation of M, that stated Z stopped and it was dark, so he no longer could see Z. That Z suddenly appeared again meant that after Z ended his phone call he did keep going south after M instead of waiting near his truck.
I cannot see M just hiding. He did seem to stop and wait, and it is reasonable to think that maybe he was looking for trouble. In fact, when M claimed to see Z, his friend told him to run, but instead M allegedly asked Z why Z was following him. Neither sides agree on what was actually said, and no one knows but Z and maybe the friend what was actually said and done. The only thing we have is who to believe.
Having superficial cuts on the back of the head and a bloody nose is not an indication that Z was near death. In fact he seemed rather well for almost loosing his life. Perhaps knowing that a gun may be involved, might have scared him while M was on top of him, but it does not seem it took that long for him to get a shot off, unless there was a struggle for the gun and it accidently went off.
That M was high and not acting normal as given by Z's conversation on the phone, M was probably not coherent enough to do the right thing much less the "wrong" thing. According to the record, it took him 45 minutes on a route that takes about 15 minutes. The last 15 on the phone with a friend. I doubt M and the person on the phone were conspiring to commit a crime. It was given on both sides that two people using phones were checking each other out and commenting on the phone how they thought the other person was up to no good. Sounds like normal activity to me.
It is recorded that M started to run after Z opened his truck door and got out while still on the phone. How would any one take these facts and then claim M was out to get Z? We do see that Z was a little irritated that M was able to walk away from him. We see M may have been creeped out with Z eying him while on the phone. Z's accounting does not match up well enough to fit all the information we have, and he is the one left with the burden to prove he was in the right. It is also possible that he could be lying.
You also need to hear the sounds going on, not just read the transcript.
