ZIMMERMAN TRIAL LIVE LINK

[battle_sight_zero]

When I was 17 I was 6 1 and 210 pounds. Benching over 300 pounds playing and lettering in several high school sports. Many of the kids these days are bigger and stronger than that. Many of these kids are constantly active , walking here and there where as most adults are not as active. Yeah we go to the 24 hour fitness, or jog but were mostly not on the move all the time. Underestimating a potential threat because of age could be a disaster.

[cstone]

I will be interested in hearing whether TM tried to buy some cough syrup with his Arizona Ice Tea and Skittles. A little Drank for the evening?

If GZ had been an off-duty LEO residing in the community rather than neighborhood watch, would this case have gone much differently?

When I was in uniform, 14 year olds were the most frightening individuals I dealt with. Very unpredictable and no matter how things went, I knew it would not reflect well on me or the department.

I'm not really following the trial that closely, but will be watching for the verdict and the aftermath.

[KestrelBike]

And Zimmerman had like 80 pounds on him. Have you seen him? I'm surprised he didn't eat Martin

80lbs of fat (no offense to zimmerman, I'm speaking from personal experience) is not 80lbs of muscle.

[sniper7]

Because there are people out there with weapons that I should be worried about. But they do not include unarmed lone 17 year olds. For me at least. Maybe you should be worried about them.

What about 18 year olds?

[sniper7]

This thread is a car wreck. 90% of the posters are trying to convince themselves of Zimmermans innocence when in truth, nobody here has any idea what in the hell happened that night. Creating imaginary scenarios in your head about what happened that evening has no bearing on the outcome and only serves to make this whole situation more ridiculous than it already is. Martin likely wasn't the homicidal maniac many of you are making him out be and Zimmerman likely wasn't some card carrying racist vigilante as others have portrayed him. Life is not that linear. In fact, most of what has been brought up about their pasts shouldn't even have a bearing on this case. Only the events involved that night.

Very true. Hopefully the facts come out and the jurors make educated logical decisions.

[sniper7]

Hey now....most of the guys on here are expert MMA fighters in multiple disciplines.

Ithought you were one too? All pilots I know receive hand to hand combat training. "High guard"!!!!!!!

[RMAC757]

Ithought you were one too? All pilots I know receive hand to hand combat training. "High guard"!!!!!!!

Haha. The recurrent training high guard.....I still cant believe we do that every year. I wrestled and coached for about 15 years at all levels and boxed a bit but I'm just a dad now who likes to work out. My new Martial Art involves avoiding physical confrontation if possible.

[RMAC757]

I will be interested in hearing whether TM tried to buy some cough syrup with his Arizona Ice Tea and Skittles. A little Drank for the evening?

If GZ had been an off-duty LEO residing in the community rather than neighborhood watch, would this case have gone much differently?

When I was in uniform, 14 year olds were the most frightening individuals I dealt with. Very unpredictable and no matter how things went, I knew it would not reflect well on me or the department.

I'm not really following the trial that closely, but will be watching for the verdict and the aftermath.

Hopefully with that training it would of meant that one person was still alive and the other was not awaiting trial for murder.

[cstone]

Hopefully with that training it would of meant that one person was still alive and the other was not awaiting trial for murder.

Hope is something I try never to run out of

[hurley842002]

When I was 17 I was 6 1 and 210 pounds. Benching over 300 pounds playing and lettering in several high school sports. Many of the kids these days are bigger and stronger than that. Many of these kids are constantly active , walking here and there where as most adults are not as active. Yeah we go to the 24 hour fitness, or jog but were mostly not on the move all the time. Underestimating a potential threat because of age could be a disaster.

Very accurate statement! I witness this all the time, saw it again a few minutes ago. If I had to guess, the young man wasn't out of his teens. About 6'2 but not "buff" by most standards, putting up 300 on incline bench like it was nothing, I can't do that.