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He killed a Naked man. No racism claim viable, both are Black. The Naked man charged him… so likely wasn’t sober.
Did you know you can buy a stun gun in China town for $3 bucks?
Listen… I, or any guy on this forum, have a 50-50 chance of winning a fight. Hell, might even be lower than that, given the individual we are up against… no 50-50 chance probability against Mike Tyson, I would just lose.
But most people, even those intidating and generally tougher and stronger, are only going to charge after you as a cop, if they are threatened, and are aware fighting a cop is bad. They might think they can win, but it’s still a threatening situation to be in, most criminally minded guys don’t want… fighting a cop, even a wimp.
When I first entered the army, I had amazing legs, like a weighlifter. Calves absurdly large. Arms… pencil thin, had trouble doing pushups and pull ups. People loved me on the March or Runs, not so much in the yard pushing. I was very intimidated grappling… some of those guts could climb multiple stories on a rope using only their arms. I most definitely could not.
So, what did I do when it can time to bout, one on one, kicking explicitly banned (my one biological advantage)? I knew back then one… just one, martial arts move, called a shadow kick. Basically, when guys are lunging at me, I use gravity to drop my ass to the side, I swing one foot (bottom foot) to the lower front of their legs, just above the ankle. The other leg, I connect hard to the back of the knees…
Down the go, just like me… but now I got initiative, whereas they are confused and shocked. You can use this time to climb on them, choke them out, or grapple with them at a weird angle.
It was for the longest time, my one move. You can’t keep repeating the same move over and over… forced me to look into martial arts books, learn more. But hey, shit works, and guts on the street don’t know if it us your only move.
Not saying everyone shadowkick… just saying there are options other than pulling a trigger… even when your opponent is much stronger and intimidating. If for whatever reason, your police chief won’t approve your stun gun carry request, look into basic material arts. Nobody expects you to be Jet Li… we are talking one or two moves even a older fat woman can pull off, that can quickly drop a aggressive, close range opponent, so you don’t feel the dire need to reach for your gun every time you get scared. After that, choke them till they tap out. Their muscles and ability to punch doesn’t count for much if they are in their side, unable to throw a straight punch. Yeah, they will still pound you, you’ll be purple and blue in the face and elbows, a little bloody, but hey, at least your not on the national news for shooting someone.
It all comes down to the willingness to engadge in contact, and to follow through. I think, deep down inside, most men are just better than me at fighting. They are naturally better at everything. After years in being in the military or security, I have to say, despite bring scared and intimidated almost always, looking like your not, keeping your shoulders squared, feet wide so you can easily be taken down, eye contact matters more.
Secondly, letting it show your more than willing to take their ass down, however much it costs you physically, causes them to pause. When people judge one another, it’s on the concept if schoolyard victory in a fight. Most guys will over evaluate themselves, in your case, DON’T! You want him thinking he is bad assed, while your hand is shaking slightly from the Adrenaline Shock. Why? Cause your fighting for survival, your not easily upsetted by indications your losing, you entered with the mindset this could happen. In his case, your opponent is in a state if surprise and shock, bewildered you just took his ass down… even if winning, the instinct to stay and win will be severely checkered by the desire to run, grow a mustash and assume a cheese alias for the next 20 years… he just fought a cop.
When your showing up to a scene, it’s… a scene. If it’s domestic violence, losing a fight can be as good as winning it. You are there to stop the fight. Him unleashing on you will get him running once he realizes what just happened, even if your blackeyed on the ground. 99.99 percent of the time, he is running, not abusing. Beat up on a cop, child services have a slam dunk case as far as custody goes. Backup will arrive, neighbors are watching. But if you shoot him… fuck, they are likely drunk, was a marital squabble, you just killed her husband, father of her child. That is to be avoided. Now, she is more or less completely dependent as a Ward of the state as far as finances go, the children are very unlikely to be financial successes. You just caused a generational rift going for a few generations cause you went for a gun instead of dropping the asshole to the ground.
Yeah… you don’t have to be a baddass to win a fight. You don’t even have to be superior, you can be quite inferior, scared, and lose face in more than one sense. But you know what? Thats part of your job as a police officer. Play the defensive when you can, but you cannot be scared to make contact. I’m talking to all cops, but not just the straight out of college or military guys. I’m saying this to the older ones, both sexes. I’m not feeling that young, out of shape, bad knee and ribs, and I’m still saying, be willing to step up and make contact. Doesn’t mean throw a punch if you can’t, but learn grappling. Even if you just hold them in place on the ground, with your legs wrapped around their hips, arms and hands covering your face and chest as they beat you relentlessly with their fists, in a residential or city area, someone is calling for backup… your holding them in place. He thinks he is winning, but he is losing… you’ve contained him. Cops aren’t after a sense of school yard victory, they are after public order. If you keep them from hurting others, your doing good.
Lastly, don’t underestimate a shot to the knee. If you gotta shoot, a head shot, or center mass, doesn’t got to be the kind of shot you take. If your really, really scared shirtless enough to qualify pulling your gun, have no taser or stun gun, if it is long enough to have one thought, just try to focus on a leg, and blast it. You can jump backwards like a bitch afterwards, run and hide behind the police car, whatever… but he is not dead, which is a good thing.
Don’t try the grappling if your on a isolated roadgrappling alone deep in country, he will kill you if given enough time, cause no one is calling for backup, as deer don’t carry phones.