Strength: Jerk 3-3-3-3-3
Metcon: 5 Rounds For Time:
3 Front Squats (185/135)
100m Plate Carry (45/25)
Followed by: 2 Minutes Max Rep Double Unders
On Feb 26th, George Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic neighborhood watch captain, shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a black unarmed Maimi 17-year old after following him for several minutes. The news made national headlines around the world.
Despite the hoopla surrounding the shooting case, a young boy was killed. Trayvon was only 17 years old with so many bright years ahead of him before his life is ended unexpectedly by an individual with little respect for himself and little respect for human life.
Since I'm not a sociologist, I won't tell you whether he this murder was premediated or some people are natural born killers but I do know that Zimmerman made a life altering decision that not only would affect his life but take the life of someone else.
Think about that for a minute. It all came down to one decision. He was not under attack and did not act in self defensive. Zimmerman made a quick decision in his mind to pull the trigger and kill the young man.
We won't ever know what exactly went on in his mind before he pulled the trigger, but he made the decision to kill. No one else pulled the trigger for him and the gun sure didn't go off on its own.
As I am constantly preaching to the athletes of Steve's Club, Think Before You Act.
The greatest discovery any outsider could make about Camden is it's overriding response to failure: If it didn’t work last year, do it AGAIN this year (and if possible do it MORE).
Every year they pass more laws, hire more police, build more prisons, and sentence more offenders for longer periods-all without moving one inch closer to “ending” crime. If it didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they spend more money on schools, hoping to “fix” whatever’s wrong with them, and every year the schools remain stubbornly unfixed. Spending money didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they try to make the criminals go away, and every year they remain with us. We couldn’t shoehorn these criminals back into the “the mainstream” last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Maybe its time to TRY something DIFFERENT.
Afterall, IF Camden is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.
Much of my inspiration comes from Daniel Quinn in "Ishmael."
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