I'm sure you've read or heard about the 39-year-old New York City subway conductor, Maurice Parks, who just recently fought off three muggers? The man allegedly trained martial arts at a Harlem 'elite dojo', and he used a knife to defend himself.
It is believed the robbery victim inadvertently may have killed Flonarza Byas, a young man who tried to help him during the incident. As nydailynews.com writes: "(...) a good Samaritan who waded into the bloody fight, was fatally stabbed - and investigators say it's likely that Parks delivered the fatal wound not knowing that Byas was trying to help."
Now, this is a tragic incident for all involved. I am really sorry for the young man who was killed while trying to help, and I really hope that the three young muggers will be tried as adults and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
What I would like to draw some attention to is how terribly wrong things can go if you just "wade into" an incident without knowing how it is perceived by the one (or ones) you are trying to help.
It is virtually impossible to distinguish who is who in the middle of a fight like this! Why do you think police uses verbal commands during their interventions?
So if you decide to intervene (which I really hope you will do), please make sure you state up front who you are and what you are doing - in a loud and clear voice. Of course it is always (if there's time) your best bet to call police first, and then try to help in other ways. You may also want to state loudly that you have called police, and that they are on their way (this goes even if you haven't called police...).
If you can not see who the attackers are - you can not distinguish the victim (or victims) from the attacker (or attackers) - it is not very wise to intervene directly/in a physical sense. If, on the other hand, you do know who you are in fact trying to help - make yourself known to that person (or those persons) - visually as well as verbally!
Showing posts with label call for help. Show all posts
Showing posts with label call for help. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Friday, April 20, 2007
A target
A brilliant conclusion by the police: "Investigators believe the would-be robbers had figured out that the victim was depositing a large amount of money and waited for her to arrive at the bank."
Nooo! Really? Wow ... Do you mean it wasn't random?
Story:
California -- An employee at a Starbucks in El Segundo, was attempting to deposit money from the business when the assailants approached her at 11:50 a.m. in Manhattan Beach.
The woman was struck several times, but refused to let go of her backpack as a suspect tried to grab it from her. She held on real tight, and yelled 'help' as loud as she could. She continued screaming as she fought off the men, prompting people in the parking lot to call police.
Source
Nooo! Really? Wow ... Do you mean it wasn't random?
Story:
California -- An employee at a Starbucks in El Segundo, was attempting to deposit money from the business when the assailants approached her at 11:50 a.m. in Manhattan Beach.
The woman was struck several times, but refused to let go of her backpack as a suspect tried to grab it from her. She held on real tight, and yelled 'help' as loud as she could. She continued screaming as she fought off the men, prompting people in the parking lot to call police.
Source
Friday, March 23, 2007
Hazards at work, 36
Seems like this guy didn't want to be released from prison.
Story:
Louisiana -- A 70-year-old Dixon Correctional Institution inmate is accused of choking and attempting to rape a woman security officer at the Jackson prison Friday.
The inmate, who was arrested in 1984 and sent to Angola four years later on an attempted murder conviction, had been respected by security officers and other inmates alike, a warden said. The man was scheduled to be released in 2009.
The woman officer, who momentarily blacked out during the attack but regained consciousness to fend off the rape attempt, was not seriously injured, the warden said.
The attack occurred shortly after 10 a.m. as the officer and the inmate worked in a canteen at one of the two main housing units of the prison, bagging items for sale to inmates when the canteen would open.
The inmate is accused of using a bandanna from the canteen's inventory to temporarily subdue the officer, but she was able to resume her struggle as "he tried to take advantage of her," the spokesman said.
"She fought her way out of there," the spokesman said, adding that the officer eventually put out a call for help on her radio.
Source
Story:
Louisiana -- A 70-year-old Dixon Correctional Institution inmate is accused of choking and attempting to rape a woman security officer at the Jackson prison Friday.
The inmate, who was arrested in 1984 and sent to Angola four years later on an attempted murder conviction, had been respected by security officers and other inmates alike, a warden said. The man was scheduled to be released in 2009.
The woman officer, who momentarily blacked out during the attack but regained consciousness to fend off the rape attempt, was not seriously injured, the warden said.
The attack occurred shortly after 10 a.m. as the officer and the inmate worked in a canteen at one of the two main housing units of the prison, bagging items for sale to inmates when the canteen would open.
The inmate is accused of using a bandanna from the canteen's inventory to temporarily subdue the officer, but she was able to resume her struggle as "he tried to take advantage of her," the spokesman said.
"She fought her way out of there," the spokesman said, adding that the officer eventually put out a call for help on her radio.
Source
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Another push-in
Kansas -- In Shawnee, an attack happened at 7:25 a.m. at an Apartment complex as a woman was going outside to warm up her car. When she opened her apartment door the man pushed his way inside.
The two struggled, toppling furniture, before the man pinned her. During the melee he said he wanted to have sex with her.
The woman broke free, grabbed a telephone, locked herself in the bathroom and yelled she was calling police. The man had fled when officers arrived.
Source
The two struggled, toppling furniture, before the man pinned her. During the melee he said he wanted to have sex with her.
The woman broke free, grabbed a telephone, locked herself in the bathroom and yelled she was calling police. The man had fled when officers arrived.
Source
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
More "fire"
Jacksonville, Florida -- On the northwest side of town, a woman did exactly what some of the experts say you should do when faced with a would be carjacker.
She got out of her car when a teenager came up in a hooded sweat jacket and tried to take it. The woman screamed "FIRE!"
Some experts say screaming "FIRE" can often times get attention more quickly. The guy took off.
Source
She got out of her car when a teenager came up in a hooded sweat jacket and tried to take it. The woman screamed "FIRE!"
Some experts say screaming "FIRE" can often times get attention more quickly. The guy took off.
Source
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Friendliness
A common way to have you lower your guard: (too much) friendliness.
Story:
Norway – An 18-year-old female was on her way to a friend in Trondheim. She had spent a night on town, had been arguing with somebody and was subsequently walking on her own.
As she was walking, she met an unknown male. The man noticed that she was upset; he asks her for her name and gives her his jacket when she says she’s cold.
The man also asks her where she’s going – suggesting to the young woman she might want to follow him home to his place.
The teenager says no. When she tries to leave, the man holds her back. The female breaks free and escapes. Running away, she believes she has lost the man. But after a while she can hear footsteps behind her.
Finding that she’s being followed by the same person, she presses a random doorbell to a nearby residence. She shouts and begs to be let in.
The assailant grabs her and pushes her against a wall while he attempts to sexually assault her. He holds a hand over her mouth and tells her to be quiet. The intended victim, however is screaming during the whole ordeal.
A young woman living close by has heard the commotion. When she arrives at the scene, the attacker takes off.
Source
Story:
Norway – An 18-year-old female was on her way to a friend in Trondheim. She had spent a night on town, had been arguing with somebody and was subsequently walking on her own.
As she was walking, she met an unknown male. The man noticed that she was upset; he asks her for her name and gives her his jacket when she says she’s cold.
The man also asks her where she’s going – suggesting to the young woman she might want to follow him home to his place.
The teenager says no. When she tries to leave, the man holds her back. The female breaks free and escapes. Running away, she believes she has lost the man. But after a while she can hear footsteps behind her.
Finding that she’s being followed by the same person, she presses a random doorbell to a nearby residence. She shouts and begs to be let in.
The assailant grabs her and pushes her against a wall while he attempts to sexually assault her. He holds a hand over her mouth and tells her to be quiet. The intended victim, however is screaming during the whole ordeal.
A young woman living close by has heard the commotion. When she arrives at the scene, the attacker takes off.
Source
Friday, November 03, 2006
'Cell(f)-help'
Mississauga, Canada -- A man has been rescued after a possible abduction attempt -- thanks to his cell phone.
Police received a call from a man in his 20s in the trunk of a vehicle around 8 p.m. Monday night.
Police drove around the area sounding their sirens, with the man telling them if the sound was getting closer to him.
Source
Police received a call from a man in his 20s in the trunk of a vehicle around 8 p.m. Monday night.
Police drove around the area sounding their sirens, with the man telling them if the sound was getting closer to him.
Source
Monday, September 25, 2006
Clever
South Carolina -- Police have arrested the 37-year-old man they believe is responsible for kidnapping a 14-year-old girl who sent a text message to her mother that led to her rescue from a booby-trapped bunker.
The girl was found by sheriff's deputies about a kilometre from her home in a plywood-covered 4.5-metre-deep hole in the side of a hill. The bunker had a hand-dug toilet with paper, a camp stove and shelves made of cut branches and canvas.
The sheriff said the text message the girl sent to her mother came from the man's mobile phone. Investigators used telecommunications towers to determine the general location of the phone used to send the message.
He said the girl cried out as searchers approached the bunker where she was found.
Source
The girl was found by sheriff's deputies about a kilometre from her home in a plywood-covered 4.5-metre-deep hole in the side of a hill. The bunker had a hand-dug toilet with paper, a camp stove and shelves made of cut branches and canvas.
The sheriff said the text message the girl sent to her mother came from the man's mobile phone. Investigators used telecommunications towers to determine the general location of the phone used to send the message.
He said the girl cried out as searchers approached the bunker where she was found.
Source
Thursday, September 21, 2006
The 'A-team'
South Africa -- An 80-year-old man received stitches to his head after his brave and desperate attempt to protect five fellow pensioners with his walking stick during a mugging in Newlands Forest (Cape Town) earlier this week.
The two muggers, one tall and the other short, were in close range of the elderly when they were taking their routine stroll near the stream at 9:30am on Monday.
The six pensioners put up a fight as the attempted mugging took place. The 80-year-old struck with his walking stick at the Laurel and Hardy characters.
Two of the elderly women started screaming which caught the attention of passers-by, when the two assailants ran off and left in a car that was waiting for them.
These ‘A-team’ pensioners reported the incident to the Table Mountain National Park.
Source
The two muggers, one tall and the other short, were in close range of the elderly when they were taking their routine stroll near the stream at 9:30am on Monday.
The six pensioners put up a fight as the attempted mugging took place. The 80-year-old struck with his walking stick at the Laurel and Hardy characters.
Two of the elderly women started screaming which caught the attention of passers-by, when the two assailants ran off and left in a car that was waiting for them.
These ‘A-team’ pensioners reported the incident to the Table Mountain National Park.
Source
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Being followed
Hmmm...
"She was very aware this person was following her."
And still she just parks outside her house and gets out without being certain about the follower?
And we wonder why people are being victims, and calling crimes for random?
Luckily, this woman escaped unharmed though.
Story:
The victim, who was described as physically slight and "bookish," was returning home from a wedding early Sunday and had just pulled off of the Blue Route when the she noticed a car following close behind.
This car is right up on her to the point she thought it was a police car, according to police. She makes a right, and he's right behind her. She was very aware this person was following her.
When the victim pulled into her driveway she thought the car had driven past her house. But what she didn't know was that the driver of the black Solara parked behind some tall bushes and turned off the car’s lights and ignition, police said.
As the victim gathered some items from the back of her car, the suspect, wearing a mask, walked up from behind. He told her not to scream and to go with him.
At one point, he hit her over the head with what the victim believed to be a silver revolver with a black handle, police said. The woman was forced into the trunk of the car, which the man then drove off. The victim was able to escape from the trunk and call for help.
Source
"She was very aware this person was following her."
And still she just parks outside her house and gets out without being certain about the follower?
And we wonder why people are being victims, and calling crimes for random?
Luckily, this woman escaped unharmed though.
Story:
The victim, who was described as physically slight and "bookish," was returning home from a wedding early Sunday and had just pulled off of the Blue Route when the she noticed a car following close behind.
This car is right up on her to the point she thought it was a police car, according to police. She makes a right, and he's right behind her. She was very aware this person was following her.
When the victim pulled into her driveway she thought the car had driven past her house. But what she didn't know was that the driver of the black Solara parked behind some tall bushes and turned off the car’s lights and ignition, police said.
As the victim gathered some items from the back of her car, the suspect, wearing a mask, walked up from behind. He told her not to scream and to go with him.
At one point, he hit her over the head with what the victim believed to be a silver revolver with a black handle, police said. The woman was forced into the trunk of the car, which the man then drove off. The victim was able to escape from the trunk and call for help.
Source
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
'Chewdo'
An 82-year-old Montana woman thwarted an intruder's rape attempt by biting the man's tongue, police said.
The woman then helped police nab the suspect, a 31-year-old former neighbor, by describing the assailant's body odor.
According to court records, the woman called police at about 12:15 a.m. August 22 from her home to report an intruder.
When an officer arrived, the woman said she had been asleep in her bedroom when she was awakened by someone who put his tongue in her mouth. The woman, who lives alone, said she bit down and the intruder fled.
Source
The woman then helped police nab the suspect, a 31-year-old former neighbor, by describing the assailant's body odor.
According to court records, the woman called police at about 12:15 a.m. August 22 from her home to report an intruder.
When an officer arrived, the woman said she had been asleep in her bedroom when she was awakened by someone who put his tongue in her mouth. The woman, who lives alone, said she bit down and the intruder fled.
Source
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Pocketknife, tactical skills
I strongly advice you to read these two stories.
They're about the same incident - a former US marine being attacked by four robbers armed with a shotgun and a gun.
It shows how this brave man sees himself and carries himself with sorrow and dignity in light of the tragic outcome (one of the assailants were killed).
It also shows how he did everything "by the book" as far as self-defense goes: Trying to run, yelling "fire", seeking a lighted area, choosing the place for the stand-off, fighting multiple attackers, using hands and feet to create distance, seizing opportunities, etc.
And it also points to the potential danger of even a small blade like a pocket knife.
Story:
A 36-year-old former Marine cook used a pocketknife to fend off a group of would-be robbers, killing one and wounding another, police said.
Thomas Autry, who authorities said will not be charged, was walking home from his job waiting tables Monday night when four people got out of a car and chased him, Atlanta police detective Danny Stephens said. One attacker had a shotgun, and another had a pistol.
Source 1 - Source 2
They're about the same incident - a former US marine being attacked by four robbers armed with a shotgun and a gun.
It shows how this brave man sees himself and carries himself with sorrow and dignity in light of the tragic outcome (one of the assailants were killed).
It also shows how he did everything "by the book" as far as self-defense goes: Trying to run, yelling "fire", seeking a lighted area, choosing the place for the stand-off, fighting multiple attackers, using hands and feet to create distance, seizing opportunities, etc.
And it also points to the potential danger of even a small blade like a pocket knife.
Story:
A 36-year-old former Marine cook used a pocketknife to fend off a group of would-be robbers, killing one and wounding another, police said.
Thomas Autry, who authorities said will not be charged, was walking home from his job waiting tables Monday night when four people got out of a car and chased him, Atlanta police detective Danny Stephens said. One attacker had a shotgun, and another had a pistol.
Source 1 - Source 2
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