Gary Denton is a Midwestern police
officer, and a friend. His ideas about the situation George Zimmerman created
are not theoretical.
“I've actually BEEN on my back
getting punched repeatedly (Zimmerman's justification),” Officer Denton said. “Just
after getting knocked out very briefly (I'm assuming) by a young black man who
executed a perfect head butt to my chin, I came to with said suspect (he was
wanted on a warrant) straddling me MMA-style, wailing at me with all his might.
He was screaming that he was going to ‘fuck [me] up’ and calling me a ‘bitch.’
“I was wearing a gun, at the time.”
“Because I'm not a gigantic pansy
with John Wayne Syndrome, guess what happened?
“I grabbed him by the shirt, pulled
him down to me, and stuck my thumb as far into a strategic point behind his jaw
as it would go. His arms shot out to the side, I bucked him off me, then
arrested him, then took him to jail.
“I would NOT have been justified
shooting him, even though I could probably drawn my weapon and done so.
“And no, it wasn't because of some
kind of super-secret Ninja/Rambo/Chuck Norris/Zen training, either. It was
simple lack of cowardice.”
Wyatt Earp, Gary’s spiritual
predecessor, would not have shot the guy either. He would have clubbed the thug
over the head with his Buntline Special. Civilized, intelligent grown-ups know that guns are the last resort, not an option for which justifications should be eagerly sought. Or, as if the case with Zimmerman, manufactured.
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