Hopefully you or someone you love never has to go through it . <| sep |> People who don ' t train vastly overestimate their ability to fight . Even us jiu jitsu brahs who don ' t train a striking art . Do some boxing sparring and note how tentative and awkward you are . I ' ll just go for the take down . How often do you actually start from the feet and work to be on top ? Unless you train takedowns extensively andor you ' re decently strongathletic , you ' ll find people who are athletic or even a bit bigger than you difficult to take down . <| sep |> Many claimed He assaulted Martin He got off due to StandYourGround He followed Martin after the dispatcher told him not to That the dispatcher had any legal authority that he needed to comply by He was white He singled Martin out because of his skin color and was a racist in general That the Sanford police department didn ' t prosecute him because of favoritism to whites That he got off because of the same reasonNot only did people assume these things from the start , but they also kept saying them after it had been proven wrong . After the verdict , no one bothered to read the court transcripts or watch the tapes , but continued with their wrong assertions . This was a clearcut case of truthiness where things that feel like the truth are more important than what is supported by facts .