Robert Schmid wrote: > That's easy. Run. My martial arts instructor makes it very clear.
Ah, what if he runs faster? What about trying to use something we use to teach in rape self-defense classes, scream. That might work well with a mentally disturbed person with a machete. > OPTION 1: Avoid the conflict. Not normally an option for police officers, and neither is running. What would people be saying, if instead of being killed himself, this guy had chopped up a couple of citizens on the sidewalk? How would you know if he might or might not? Would you take the word of his friends and neighbors? > But you didn't mean ME? Did you? You meant an idealized me who is > physically fit, well trained in police tactics, techniques and fighting > styles and required to stay. Well, in that case, let's be more realistic - > > You, and several of your buddies, armed with pistols, shotguns, various > forms of clubs and your CAR(s) are facing someone armed with two non- > ballistic weapons. He, at the least, is disturbed and probably untrained > in weapons technques. You have several minutes to call for various forms > of help, herd and confine him to a controllable space and try and lower the > tension. Now what do you do? Well, they did call for help. They called in a special team "trained" to handle the situation. The team used a technique that research has shown to be reliable. Then things got out of hand. That's why they're called tragedies and not accidents. An accident is when someone fixing your car screws up, a tragedy is when a sequence of events ends in a loss of life. As to the lack of machete training: if you gave my one-and-half year old a sharp enough machete he could do a lot of harm. I know, he's already stabbed me in the eye with a fork. Never let a child play with a loaded fork. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
