I am extremely impressed she did not take out her service weapon. That took incredible discipline. I wish her a speedy and complete recovery. God bless our policemen/ women.
The worst part is, if someone’s high on drugs, a taser probably wouldn’t slow him down at all. Short of a bullet through the head you’re on your own.
In the Korean War, the norks would dope up the front line and send them in human wave attacks, then follow up with the regulars.
No one on drugs is safe for a cop. There should be laws that allow lethal force if a criminal exhibits drug-induced violent behavior.
No policeman should ever have to put himself in that kind of danger.
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“I’ve been beat to hell and back in training so I knew how to react and fight through being repeatedly being struck in the face and head,” she wrote. “I didn’t freak out ... I knew I was okay and still in the fight.”
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She showed incredible mental restraint and control under stress.
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She’s lucky to be alive.
What were “three of her colleagues” doing while she was fighting the perp? I suppose her police department does not issue nightsticks.
When I was in college we had a nasty AA student throw furniture and live animals off the 19th floor balcony. He, of course, flunked out but UMass "felt good" about itself.