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If said 17 year old, non-armed, young punk thug child with zero training in any martial art whatsoever, can tackle a neighborhood, 2nd command watch captain and proceed to beat him and bash his poor little head into the concrete....I will with no problem say that this guy, has no business whatsoever, prancing about suburbia pretending to be a crime stopper.
However, I will by all means challenge ANY 17 year old to hand to hand combat RIGHT NOW in my urban high crime rate/high murder rate city. Even with my inept, somewhat athletic abilities I can guarantee that ten times out of ten not one 17 year old, (without regional level wrestling) will take me down and start beating me. There WILL be a long, hard fight first.
But pull out a gun and shoot a kid dead?
Originally posted by NaturalDizaster
I am by no means a tough guy or hard ass. However, I will by all means challenge ANY 17 year old to hand to hand combat RIGHT NOW in my urban high crime rate/high murder rate city. Even with my inept, somewhat athletic abilities I can guarantee that ten times out of ten not one 17 year old, (without regional level wrestling) will take me down and start beating me. There WILL be a long, hard fight first. And this is coming from someone who would NEVER have the balls to confront random people (or not so random) on the street because I suspected them being up to no good. If the 17 year old starts to get the better of me and if he is of the thug sort that the media and others say he is, then I dam well deserve to get whooped, even if I find myself with cranium being bashed against concrete. Even in this worse case scenario I will chalk up my inept crime fighting abilities to me being a lesser man and as I fade out of this world I would accept that. But what I would never do is reach down for my one hitter killer, draw and and shoot a kid dead because I thought that after confronting him, I may be in serious danger.
Why did he follow Martin, a police officer asks.
“These assholes, they always get away,” Zimmerman answers.
The officer asks, “What’s behind that?”
“These people who victimize the neighborhood,” Zimmerman answers.
In Zimmerman’s angry mind, without trial or jury, even after he killed him and learned he was a 17-year-old who was legitimately staying in the complex, Martin was an asshole victimizing the neighborhood.
The officer gets a little defensive at this point. “There was an arrest a week ago,” he points out, though it is also a gentle reminder that Zimmerman’s fear might be a tad misplaced. He continues, skeptically. "How was he running?" Zimmerman describes it and the officer says, “Sounds like he was running to get away... you jumped out of car to see which way he was running? That’s not fear … it’s going to be a problem.”
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Originally posted by GrantedBail
Now there is a punk if I ever saw one. He is going to know the true meaning of punk when he finds himself in prison.
They usually don't go around packing nor do they aggressively stalk suspicious persons.
...because you don't have the facts....
There are elderly people that participate in neighborhood watch programs.
saw the gun in his waistband and went for it
Do they have black folks in Cincinatti?
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by GrantedBail
They usually don't go around packing nor do they aggressively stalk suspicious persons.
What studies do you have that support this? Or is it just opinion?
The jury will see these photos too....
Are there a plethora of elderly people also committing crimes? Or are most criminals young and somewhat fit? After doing a statistical run on this, whom would you and by a landmark margin of the majority of civilized society choose prudent to fight crime? You seem to be saying that just because some elderly people choose to actively and physically fight crime, that they should be out there actually doing it. IMHO this the last demographic possible that should be taking on our countries criminals and thugs. However, they're probably the only ones left who have the balls to confront criminals without a loaded and deadly weapon at hand.
Originally posted by NaturalDizaster
Flyers Fan beyond doubt this thread landed where it belongs, as I started my thread entitled "100% truth" with "I postulate".
For this reason alone it belongs here. My intention was to prove through logical discourse and perhaps some Platonic style argument that its never ok to draw a loaded firearm and blow a kids life away because your getting scraped in a fist fight which you initiated. I do think I can prove this as a 100% fact and I welcome you to debate this with me even as I concede every word of the defense as fact.
I'm inclined to believe trayvon had a little skill with his hands and out boxed Zimmerman.
My intention was to prove through logical discourse and perhaps some Platonic style argument that its never ok to draw a loaded firearm and blow a kids life away because your getting scraped in a fist fight which you initiated.
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by PLASIFISK
I'm inclined to believe trayvon had a little skill with his hands and out boxed Zimmerman.
Was he boxing the back of Zimmerman's head?
Or, is it possible that Zimmerman is telling the truth.... and Trayvon jumped him, knocked him down and proceeded to bash his head against the pavement and punch him in the face repeatedly while he was on top of him.
Not like boxing that I know. Street fighting, yes.
Originally posted by damwel
reply to post by GrantedBail
Yup when he gets to prison he will have lots of "those people" to beat on. Good luck With that George, you deserve every bit of it.