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post 1635027483 03-30-2021, 05:00 PM
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How would you go about helping someone getting assaulted?

We've all been seeing many vids of future astronauts attacking innocent civilians in the past year.

How would you go about helping if you see these young aspiring entrepreneurs attacking a poor old grandma on the street?

I have a feeling most people would say they'd go for a rear naked choke, but I'm not sure if that's the best option.

Someone who's dumb enough to start chit on the street likely carries some sort of weapon, and the moment you start choking him out, he'll either pull a knife or gun on you.

The only safe option that I can think of (apart from pulling a gun if you have one) is grabbing ahold of the dude's head and slamming it onto the concrete so he immediately goes unconscious.

You can also try to knock him out with a sucker punch while he's busy beating up grandma, but you'll want to make sure your punch is accurate, or you might be fuked.

Your thoughts?
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Get them off the said person, if the attacker does anything even more stupid like try to pull a knife or a gun i would shoot them with my Glock 26.

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post 1635027773 03-30-2021, 05:04 PM
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Never intervene. You have more to lose by intervening than by simply not involving yourself. If you save the day, you get some media attention and clout. If you don't save the day, you get seriously injured or even die and open yourself up to liability and lawsuits.

If the threat is gone, then sure you can intervene and help the victim(s). But even that has consequences, as that dude who was sued for pulling a woman out of a burning car found out. She sued him for her injuries and won.
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post 1635028003 03-30-2021, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted By JIA
Never intervene. You have more to lose by intervening than by simply not involving yourself. If you save the day, you get some media attention and clout. If you don't save the day, you get seriously injured or even die and open yourself up to liability and lawsuits.

If the threat is gone, then sure you can intervene and help the victim(s). But even that has consequences, as that dude who was sued for pulling a woman out of a burning car found out. She sued him for her injuries and won.
I mean.. that might be a smart move and all, but would you really not intervene if you saw some fooker beating up a helpless woman of your mom's age?
post 1635028073 03-30-2021, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted By WABeast
Get them off the said person, if the attacker does anything even more stupid like try to pull a knife or a gun i would shoot them with my Glock 26.

Just lol if you aren't packing these days.
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Originally Posted By WABeast
Get them off the said person, if the attacker does anything even more stupid like try to pull a knife or a gun i would shoot them with my Glock 26.

Just lol if you aren't packing these days.
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post 1635028503 03-30-2021, 05:14 PM
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Just knock them out or slam them on their head. Doesn't get much simpler than that. Anything else is overthinking
post 1635028813 03-30-2021, 05:18 PM
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You better be 100% ded-fukn-no homo sure of what's happening in the situation, you might end up assaulting the victim if you aren't careful. Also the aggressor might have a knife as a back-up plan and pull it if you jump in and now you are in a hand-to-hand knife fight. Or they might have a gun and start shooting so they don't lose the advantage. Also consider the witnesses; are they going to back you up? You have to be REALLY GOOD at reading the situation.
Would kick em in the nuts
post 1635028893 03-30-2021, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted By Antoine99
You better be 100% ded-fukn-no homo sure of what's happening in the situation, you might end up assaulting the victim if you aren't careful. Also the aggressor might have a knife as a back-up plan and pull it if you jump in and now you are in a hand-to-hand knife fight. Or they might have a gun and start shooting so they don't lose the advantage. Also consider the witnesses; are they going to back you up? You have to be REALLY GOOD at reading the situation.
Well, I already mentioned half of the scenarios you wrote.
post 1635029233 03-30-2021, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted By Gaedj
Well, I already mentioned half of the scenarios you wrote.
Pepper spray, unless the victim is old because it might be a little bit dangerous for them and they will most likely get a little spray too. Try really hard to not hit the victim, I doubt they'd mind though better than dying. Or just take a running start and straight punt the guy in the face if it's like an attempted murder kind of attack.

Or of course kick em in the nuts.
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post 1635029273 03-30-2021, 05:23 PM
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Have to gauge the situation - ask yourself if it’s worth your life. Because a lot of people that intervene have died trying to jump in.

if it’s 1 person attacking another and you feel confident you can get the upper hand then go for it. Probably the one street fight situation where picking them up and slamming them on the concrete is the move if you can..

If it’s multiple people you’re almost certainly ****ed if you jump in.

Smartest thing to do is get away and call the police - medical help will be on the way faster, and higher chance the assaulter gets caught. Taking notes of shoes, clothes, height, appearance, etc in case they run. Clothes generally get stripped/covered but shoes rarely get changed.
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Originally Posted By Gaedj
We've all been seeing many vids of future astronauts attacking innocent civilians in the past year.

How would you go about helping if you see these young aspiring entrepreneurs attacking a poor old grandma on the street?

I have a feeling most people would say they'd go for a rear naked choke, but I'm not sure if that's the best option.

Someone who's dumb enough to start chit on the street likely carries some sort of weapon, and the moment you start choking him out, he'll either pull a knife or gun on you.

The only safe option that I can think of (apart from pulling a gun if you have one) is grabbing ahold of the dude's head and slamming it onto the concrete so he immediately goes unconscious.

You can also try to knock him out with a sucker punch while he's busy beating up grandma, but you'll want to make sure your punch is accurate, or you might be fuked.

Your thoughts?
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Originally Posted By Evlve
Have to gauge the situation - ask yourself if it’s worth your life. Because a lot of people that intervene have died trying to jump in.

if it’s 1 person attacking another and you feel confident you can get the upper hand then go for it. Probably the one street fight situation where picking them up and slamming them on the concrete is the move if you can..

If it’s multiple people you’re almost certainly ****ed if you jump in.

Smartest thing to do is get away and call the police - medical help will be on the way faster, and higher chance the assaulter gets caught. Taking notes of shoes, clothes, height, appearance, etc in case they run. Clothes generally get stripped/covered but shoes rarely get changed.
X2. If you live in a liberal city then chances are you'll get screwed for trying to help/intervene.
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Just don't intervene if the victim is white. Helping a white person is white supremacy and you'll lose your job.
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the other day I saw a old homeless lady walk up to another old lady on her walker and slaps her right in the face.

homeless lady kept walking though and other old lady gave me a "WTF" look.

def wouldve stepped in if homeless lady kept going at it.
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I have fought a good number of our fine urban fellows, and these were psychotic ones.

My technique is to run up to them, lift them off the ground, and slam them into the ground.
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i wouldnt cause that wood be racist for stopping them from peacefully assaulting someone
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calling authorities. you do not want to give up your best way of helping them - calling authorities - for some rambo fantasy where they take you down as well.
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calling authorities. you do not want to give up your best way of helping them - calling authorities - for some rambo fantasy where they take you down as well.
Authorities can't possibly get there in time and sometimes never come.

If you're in Philly and say there's an assault going on or a mental health emergency, the cops will not come. You have to lie and say you think they have a weapon.

If you can fight then go ahead but you have to know how to fight. In addition, some kind of fistfight is stupid, you have to run up and knock the hell out of the person.
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I would try to create a diversion, throw a tantrum, destroy the furniture, scream from the top of my lungs while staying out of reach.
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Originally Posted By JIA
Never intervene.You have more to lose by intervening than by simply not involving yourself. If you save the day, you get some media attention and clout. If you don't save the day, you get seriously injured or even die and open yourself up to liability and lawsuits.

If the threat is gone, then sure you can intervene and help the victim(s). But even that has consequences, as that dude who was sued for pulling a woman out of a burning car found out. She sued him for her injuries and won.
Sadly this. I've taken enough defensive handgun classes and heard enough first-hand anecdotes from people about Good Samaritan stuff going wrong. Especially anything domestic, gang, or drug related.
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