Be without fear in the face of your enemies.
Be brave and upright that God may love thee.
Speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death.
Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong.
That is your oath.
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So, I'm minding my own business watching some hockey off to the half-right over there when I come across the article here about what can only be Muslim teenagers sending "bullying" letters to the families of Muslim girls essentially accusing the girls of being outside the bounds of the wonderful, delightful religion of peace, or as I like to call it: the deadliest, shittiest lie ever told.
You are WOLVERINES!
Hey, Dearbornistan; what the hell is wrong with you? Are you going to stay on your knees before these savages, letting them conquer you inch by inch, hour by hour? Your police department is already being sued ~ seen here ~ for covering up honor killings in order to not offend the local Islamic "sensitivities"... as though Muslim men murdering their women for not wearing a fucking religous head scarf is just another cultural difference we backward Americans have to learn to understand and accept.
Pound for pound, wolverines are some of the meanest fighters on the planet. As such, are you going to continue to plant sloppy wet kisses on the dusty brown asses of the largest Muslim enclave in the US so they feel enabled to peddle and inflict their pestilence throughout the entire country or are you going suck it up and become as tough and tenacious as the wolverine.
Remember this cheap, dirty hit?
Remember how the Red Wings played catch-up?
Am I suggesting you sucker-punch the next Muslim with whom you cross paths? Nope. I'm just saying you need to be ready at all times to defend yourself against the arrogant ignorance that is Islam and that might mean anything from raising hell to be sure that local school policies and municipal codes don't let Muslim "men" threaten, either directly or by implication, young Muslim women who are choosing something other than Islam as their moral guide to having a counter-demonstration the next time the local chapter of the Muslim/Hitler Youth Corps stands on a street corner muttering their dipshit dawa.
I'm about to tidy up and head over to see my partner, call sign: Trooper, but before I hit the shower and then the road, I want to encourage you all, Wolverine or not, to be strong and courageous and take a stand against the slithering spread of Islam, wherever you find it hissing and dripping poison.
Something in me wants to offer up a sincere apology for some posts I've tacked up here recently, inasmuch as they seem to one degree or another to be pretty critical of American law enforcement guys, especially the brass.
Meh... not going to say I'm sorry.
I love cops, I appreciate what they do ~ those who are the true warriors. It seems, though, that no matter where and when I look, I find another example of cops a/o or security not doing what they're charged to do, what they're expected to do, what one would hope would be their moral imperative. And, it seems that these many manifestations of cowardly behavior by those who must be most brave among us come when facing Muslims a/o their brain-dead sympathizers. To wit...
It's unclear whether the smart-ass student in this clip is Muslim. He says he's from India but India has about 177 million Muslims residing there so it's statistically possible that he's one of 'em. Too, many of the hecklers clearly drink the Palestinian kool-aid as evidenced by flags and kafiyehs, waved and worn. Take a look here for more detail on how the UC Davis cops and "security" had specific orders to do nothing about Islamothugs a/o sympathizers interfering with the 1st Amendment right of the Jewish guest speakers.
The smug and galactically stupid Indian guy is told that he's violating UC Davis rules. This is not the way we do it at UC Davis, is the warning. Well, unless action is taken against that arrogant POS, it is now the way they do things at UC Davis. He says he's expressing his 1st Amendment rights, b-b-b-but to do so he violates those same rights which belong to others and forgets that he only is granted the right to speak, there's nothing in the US Constitution that guarantees him or anyone else the right to be heard. So, um, I'm all for draggin' his ass out the door, into the city street, to let him bark all night long.
Someone pipes up: You are in Violation of Penal Code 403. Really? Here is the text of that law: Every person who, without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up any assembly or meeting that is not unlawful in its character, other than an assembly or meeting referred to in Section 302 of the Penal Code or Section 18340 of the Elections Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor. See here that anybody in the auditorium could have done a citizen's arrest on that shitty loudmouth. But they didn't.
Why? That's an easy one. Okay, I'll give some of them the benefit of the doubt and say it's an easy two:
Lack of knowledge
Fear
Lack of knowledge can bring fear but it's up to every person to fight that dragon alone. This can be done by:
Studying the laws in your area so you know what's permissible... or get you thrown in jail
Preparing youself in mind, body and cool tactical gear so you can respond effectively... or help you un-ass the AO pronto
The one guy in the cammie jacket seems to have a pair of balls but he appears to back off when he should have and could have pressed in and shut that smiley chump down with a few timeless but simple words:
Yeaaaaa, nothing like hearing from The Man, eh?
Anyway, with what seems to be wave after wave of PC fear pounding against the walls the rapmarts of defense we call aggressive police a/o security work, it's a damn good thing there are so very many brave citizens still out there to act without fear in times of danger and turmoil.
Right?
Take a look at the video below. It's supposed to tell us about what a dumb-ass the judge is but there's more to it. Let us not miss the point. What's the point?
Where is it written that the zombie couldn't hit back? Why in the hell would anyone in their right mind think: I'll just let this fucker hit me and the cops, who are most certainly watching me right now, will come swooping in and arrest him before he knows what's up. I understand that the Zombie Muhammad guy is an atheist and they tend to be cowards of the first order since they can't even approach the possibility that there's a God to whom they will answer one day, but where is his innate machismo? Furthermore, who said the crowd couldn't intervene, rather than just narrate the event for us? What we should have heard the crowd say to the Muslim attacker was something like: Hey, bitch; this is America and we get to be irreverent if we want to any so-called deity so leave that dope alone. Or how 'bout this: I'm placing you under citizen's arrest for assaulting that zombie over there.
The longer we ~ forget that ~ the longer you do nothing, the longer they will do everything they can to get away with sharia creep until it's most severe form slits your throat or requires that your little daughter have her clitoris hacked off. Won't happen here? You're fooling yourself.
Murdered and beheaded in Indonesia for being a harmless little Christian girl on the way to school with her friends. Yea, they did her two friends the same way. Sickening details here. If you think for a moment that the Muslim savagery that brought to pass the brutal slaying of these little girls is confined to the Arab world, or lands inhabited mostly by Muslims, you're delusional. If you believe there are no Muslims in your city or village who would even think of such slaughter; well, bless your heart.
I've talked here about the knife of jihad and some things to do to prepare a/o prevent your own personal tragedy at the hands of religion of peacers. If you haven't read it, you need to do so. Now's good. Why oh why, Undaunted? Because the cops are not going to be there to protect you. And even if they are in the AO, as seen above, they might be under orders to do nothing to protect you, but rather protect the very people doing the dirty deeds. And ~ you're not going to believe this one ~ if they do show up, some new tactical wizard might have them toting weapons no more powerful than a fuckin' potato gun, as seen here. So, guess what: you gotta do it yourself, like the Ethiopians here who beat to death a couple of Muslim knuckleheads who stopped by their Sunday morning worship service in order to pre-Rapture some of the saints.
It will come here, which is to say that the people ~ if you want to call them that ~ and the motivation ~ if you want to call it a religion ~ are both already here and don't show any sign of going away. Am I suggesting that you beat to death someone who attempts to hurt a/o kill you with a __________ (insert name of weapon with which you'd least like to be killed) or that you shoot to death the same guy or girl for, that matter? Nope.
But I am saying, as I've said over and over here: if you haven't already, you need to learn the truth about Islam and then decide what you're going to do to dismantle it, or at least slow its advance into your life, wherever you might be living it. Or STFU and let those of us who give a damn do the fighting.
If you pay attention to jihad and who's pulling that choo-choo, you're aware that there are more and more instances of Muslims getting themselves all sweaty as they spread the religion of peace the way it's always been spread: by brute force and blind pig ignorance. In Europe you can read almost every day about young Muslim men attacking non-Muslims, both men and women, who just happen to be out and about in ~ of all places ~ public spots in free countries with laws and well-paid and trained police forces. Or something.
So, who's this guy?
His name was Kevin Kless. And, he is dead. There he was, walking away from a taxi in the city of brotherly love when three men got out of a car and beat him to death. As I looked at various stories on the incident, I discovered that only one, here, actually gives a description of the assailants although the entire description was certainly available to all the media. Here it is, straight from the world-wide source for all the news that's fit to print, the Associated Press:
Suspect #1: Middle-Eastern male, 20 years-of-age, 5-10″, thin build, wearing a white shirt with blue stripes.
Suspect #2: Middle-Eastern male, 20 years-of-age, 6’0″, medium build, with a maroon shirt.
Suspect #3: Middle Eastern male, 6’2, no further information.
Suspect #4: Middle Eastern male, no further information.
Kevin's mom says; There is no sense in it. There is nothing that makes sense about this. Sorry, but there is a perverted sense to it once you understand that it's almost a certainty that any four Middle-Eastern males on the planet are going to be Muslim and that therefore this kind of attack could have very easily been an act of jihad @ Surah 9:5 ... fight and slay the infidels wherever you find them. There's no caveat forbidding these attacks in Philadelphia ~ and where you live, of course ~ leaving the rest of the world as easy pickin's for those raaaaaadical Muslims. So, you know your favorite restaurant, the bus stop at which you wait each day rain or shine, the church you attend every Sunday, and the elementary school where your kids or grandkids are going to dress as bunnies and baby chicks and carrots for the big spring extravaganza in a few months? That's wherever you find them in the language of the religion of peace: at or in any place.
أيْنَما، أي مَكان
Okay, somebody stop me. After tracking this story for several days, it seems Kevin's killers were not religion of peacers after all, but the savages described here.Still, I want to make a few points before I put this one to bed, so pay attention, knuckleheads. I checked the press coverage of this murder for several days after it was committed ~ remember that murders don't happen like a pretty leaf falling on your shoulder as you take a serene autumn stroll; people do these things to one another ~ and there was only one story that listed the description of the suspects, the link I posted above. So, the question almost screams in our ears: why didn't other news agencies publish the descriptions put out by the AP? I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that, again, the police brass a/o media schmucks who think they know better than all the rest of us were afraid for one or more of the following reasons:
The Philly hoi polloi would surely blow their stacks and start lynching Muslims on light poles and various tenement fire escapes because that's what always happens when Muslims are accused of a crime, the payback/hate crimes against them spike way up; you know, like Crazy Horse did Custer at the Little Big Horn only with a lot less running horses in circles and loin-cloth wearing. Well, except that ain't true as you can see here. There has never been an increase in so-called hate crimes against Muslims in this or any Western country, even after they continue to murder and rape our people.
They were concerned that any sort of police inquiry in the Philly ummah would lead to strife that could lead to more beatings and other violent crimes committed by Muslims against infidels.
They actually believe the bullshit that Islam is the religion of peace, thereforethe suspects could not be Middle-Easterners, a priori.
The initial description gathered by beat cops at the scene of the crime turned out to be wrong: the killers were not Middle-Eastern males. But! It's still possible that these killers are converts to Islam and PPD is not divulging that for reasons discussed below. I'm not saying it is that way, just that it could be that way. Would an American PD hide details from the public in order to create or prevent a certain response to a crime? Sure, they do it all the time. Why do you think the large agencies have Public Affairs staff weenies ready to shuffle on out and start tap-dancing the shit out of every briefing or presser?
Islam had nothing to do with motivation in this crime...
Doo-dah, doo-dah...
There are hundreds and hundreds of Muslim-on-Infidel attacks occurring in Europe and, for the most part, leadership in EU countries has been hiding certain facts in order to not piss off their future masters. For fear of stepping on Islamic toes, EU political and law enforcement leaders do little to prevent these anti-infidel crimes and also do little or nothing to investigate once they've been committed simply because they don't want to enrage the oh-so-easily-enraged Muslims in their front yards. Read here how the Danes are being forced from their homes because of the spreading but self-preserving affliction of Islamonausea. Gangs of Muslim men are running rampant, kidnapping Brit girls and using them for sex slaves or to teach them the Muslim version of modesty by repeatedly raping them as you can see here. I don't have the time to list all the ravages being rampaged by EU Muslims, which are being permitted because government agencies sworn to protect and defend against all enemies foreign and domestic choose to spit on that oath in the name of political correctness and multiculturalism.
But maybe that's the problem, eh? The US President and Congress take oaths, as do all US military personnel from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the newest bonehead recruit ~ to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic. That means they're protecting the freedoms and freedom of the American people as laid out in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights by blasting the shit out of any and all enemies and breaking all their stuff... as quickly as possible. The British Prime Minister and Parliament don't swear an oath to protect any such ideals but only to serve the monarch who sits on the throne at the time and make sure his or her image is held spotless for the world to see. Other than the US of A ~ or, as the Germans say it: Ooo Ess Aah ~ Romania has the next most macho oath, requiring government officials to aver that they will defend democracy, the fundamental rights and freedoms of my fellow citizens, Romania's sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity.
With the disgusting, gut-wrenching fearfulness being paraded with such PC pomp by "leaders" ~ elected and un ~ in the EU, it's not a bit unreasonable to extrapolate that Middle-Eastern males residing in the keystone state could very well have clobbered the crap out of the young Mr. Kless because they believe the US also lacks the will and the courage to pursue them with vigor and slam their shitty little asses into stir. And why wouldn't they believe that?
We have a POTUS who bends the knee to a boy-lovin', woman-hatin' sand-pounder.
Speaking of bending over...
Nothing going on here but fear itself.
The cammied-up fat guy yelling through the bullhorn is scared. Out there at a safe distance from the Lady Gaga crowd where he doesn't have to let himself be known, he preaches and accuses and rants on and on at people he won't take the time to know. Friendship evangelism, discussed here, takes courage. And humility.
The little fella holding a sign in each hand is scared because he just stands there smiling but then does nothing. He knew the incident was being taped, there was enough prima facie evidence on the tape to show a reasonable man standard was met for a self-defense strike, at least for a self-defense pose. Standing there wide open to a punch is not bravery, it's fucking stupid. He should have poked that Islamothug in the throat or smacked him across the nose and then laid into him with facial blows but obviously he did not read what I wrote... here.
The guy with the He was wounded for our transgressions sign is scared for the same reason explained just above. There is nothing heroic or honorable about looking into someone's eyes with your hands at your sides while that someone punches your lights out.
The cop is scared. Actually, he's an over-paid crossing guard and if he was one of mine, I'd be in his face until he grew a pair or quit. He saw that the Muslim yoot, introduced more fully here, was the instigator and should have put him in cuffs immediately on at least a potential Disorderly Conduct charge, but he lets Sami walk toward probably helpless civilians several times, running his stupid mouth and allowing him access to any weapons he might be hiding there in his white jammies. The cop then starts lecturing Sami like he's about to stay after school for detention and says something like ... hands on the back of my car right now... Hey, dummy: you don't wag your finger in someone's face unless you're about to pop him from the other direction. Does Sami start looking for a car upon which to put his hands? Hell no. He keeeeps on running his mouth and keeeeeps on moving and the cop keeeeeeps on taking notes, because as long as he's writing, he doesn't have to attack that little piece of shit Sami and end this little drama before someone gets more than a bloody lip. Sami only gets cuffed when other cops arrive. I understand the wisdom of waiting for the cavalry but some boys are just beggin' to get sucker-punched and that boy Osmakak was and is one of 'em. Notice too that the cops tells Sami. ...it's a public place; he can do whatever he wants... referring to the preacher and pals, then shortly after that he mocks the preacher for not stopping his "nonsense" when he warned him. Then he gives the preacher a battery citation.
I ranted above about police brass who are afraid of pissing off Muslims and press pedants who are bound by the chains of their intellectually dishonest ideology, but I need to make this point again: You have no legal or moral obligation to stand here, there or anyfuckingwhere and let some dirtbag threaten or strike you. Some states have no duty to retreat laws, some have fighting words laws. NDR doctrine discussed here. And Wikipedia has a pretty good layout of the FW Doctrine, here, just to the right of... this: The fighting words doctrine in US constitutional law is a limitation to freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. In its 9-0 decision, Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), the US Supreme Court established the doctrine and held that "insulting" or 'fighting words,' those that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace" are among the "well-defined and narrowly limited classes of speech [that] the prevention and punishment of...have never been thought to raise any constitutional problem."
You can read here about a very important conference coming up in a few days. Various stinky "occupiers" have threatened to do bodily harm to speakers who will be at the event telling the truth about Islam and calling conservative leaders and all of us to WAKE UP AND FIGHT THESE SAVAGES BEFORE THEY KILL US ALL! Will the DC cops do anything extra to protect the speakers and attendees who just want to hear some truth a/o support the exposition of such truth? That remains to be seen.
Will attendees who are not stinky "occupiers" but freedom-loving truth-seekers be just another bunch of cheek-turners if the occupiers threaten, or will they strike within the limits of the law? Will they insist that the best weapon in such a situation is ~ get this ~ a cell phone video camera, or will they dare to be prepared as discussed here aaaaaand here?
That too remains to be seen.
Fighting back with words, as will be done at the conference, is great. The speakers there are wise and respected and courageous enough to stand up in the face of evil and risk injury and even death.
As an on-looker, an attendee, what are you willing to do? A golf clap at all the obvious applause lines? Or, if it comes to it, will you finally have the courage to actually do something?
An unerschrocken over at JihadWatch wrote this poem and I thought I'd share it here with you.
Forbid that I so hold life as to become a dhimmi, Traitor to man, mind, light, and the one Creator. Shamed by those of iron will, the few undaunted By faceless slaves of a lesser god, the Devil Allah.
Or is it a prayer we should all be praying for ourselves?
Some 800 Occupy Wall Street protesters began the new year by trying to retake Zuccotti Park last night, starting a massive clash with police in which one officer was stabbed in the hand with a pair of scissors.
Not who you think....
A suspect was arrested in the 11:30 p.m. incident, according to a law enforcement source.
Hundreds in the crowd of occupiers then surrounded the ambulance as it tried to leave with the wounded officer, the source said.
The officer, who was not identified, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
Shortly before midnight OWS protesters took to Twitter to proclaim their assault on Zuccotti — from which they were booted by cops in November.
“Barricades being torn down at liberty [Zuccotti] park,” they wrote. “Happy new years!!”
They later tweeted: “Big crowd at liberty square. We have taken back the park.”
Some 100 cops initially responded to the scene, including mounted police to maintain crowd control.
At one point, some of the protestors surrounded the circle of cops, before reinforcements were called in.
Police in riot gear started to attempt to clear the park at about 1:30 a.m. today. Read more here.
I've written repeatedly about how much I appreciate police officers and deputy sheriffs who daily and nightly put their lives on the line for us, all over this country. And that is still true and will always be so. Too, I have written about law enforcement "leadership" and how it ~ no, let's personalize this ~ how they are failing us. Not all of them, but, yes, more than enough of them to pose a danger to us all. Yes, I know full well that they are permitted by law to fail us: we can't sue them for not protecting us as individuals. Personally, if I were hiring a police chief or sheriff, the first question I'd ask is this: Have you ever been an American, British, or Australian military officer or senior NCO in charge or command in any of the combat arms or military police disciplines, especially in combat? If I was asking you that question and your answer was No, but... I'd cut you off and politely show you the door, not giving a hoot in hell about your silly college education. You can catch up on why I feel this way by reading hereand riiiight... here.
Here is a link to a story about where cops are in terms of preparing for a Mumbai-style swarm attack here in the US. Swarming engagements are characterized by multi-directional pulsing attacks usually made by a small number of crafty, highly-motivated shooters. They focus on limited objectives,have adequate weapons/ammo and comms and tactics created and rehearsed based on the lay of the land, location and structure of their targets and a high level of situational awareness. In the video, there's a police officer interviewing someone he describes as a thought leader on strategies and tactics related to responding to prolonged, multiple-location, multiple-cell, terrorist attacks. The thought leader opines: That [swarm attack] tactic is designed to get inside our decision cycle — our OODA loop — and it works. With modern communication technology they can have those multiple pulsing attacks — different locations and different groups. It’s more a unity-of-effort on their part than centralized command and control at the time. That’s something we’re going to have a hard time dealing with.
Why should a swarm attack get inside anybody's OODA loop?
Inaction might be expected of inbound officers who have not been trained properly or who are so timid ~ or otherwise somehow incapable ~ that they can't or won't move with courage and resolve. Such unqualified though sworn officers might have to stop and observe a particular situation, then orient themselves to the totality of circumstances, sort through all the options and make a decision and then finally act on that decision. That can take hours. But why can't law enforcement leaders make decisions in advance so that all the officers have to do is identify the person(s) posing the threat and then stop that threat?
It goes like this:Anyone can easily observe that terrorism is motivated by an evil, twisted supremacist ideology. All one has to do is read the truth instead of being confused by deliberate deception.Anyone can see that terrorists have declared war against all Americans, both here and abroad. These religious edicts are not concealed, nor are they vague or confusing. They are clear and unambiguous with innumerable attacks carried out by fatwa followers as they obey the sword verses in their so-called h-h-h-holy book. Anyone can see that the only thing lacking in any jihad-prone follower of the religion of submission is opportunity, and untold thousands of them are working full-time bringing that opportunity to pass, planning and practicing for a bloodbath, and many of the rest of them are complicit in their traitorous silence.
Based on all these easily discerned truths which needn't be explained to us by experts or "thought leaders"; anyone who is a reasonable man or woman can properly conclude that:
If someone is in the middle of traffic shooting at passers-by, nobody tells the shooter to drop the gun and assume the position: first officer on the scene uses cover and concealment or just plain ol' suppressive fire to approach the shooter, preferably with a shotgun loaded with slugs and takes the shooter down with head shots. If someone catches a slug down-range, well, I guess it was their time to catch a round. Chances are they'll be okay.
If someone lights a Molotov cocktail or traffic flare and prepares to toss it into a vehicle which is placed in a likely target location such as in a heavily-traveled tunnel or bridge or the parking basement of a major building, shoot that dirtbag in the head. And then make sure no fire started in the vehicle.
If someone has a hostage, you shoot the terrorist even if it means you hit the hostage while doing it. Moreover, if terrorists ~ plural ~ have taken hostages and there is an assault on the terrorist positions, you shoot terrorists the second you see them, and don't slow down if you hit hostages ~ plural. If you're a cop and you haven't read this book, then I want you out of my city because you're a lazy, stupid clown.
If you're making a check of the local mall and you hear a gunshot around the corner by the salon and when you round the corner see a man with his back turned to you but with an AK47 raised into a shooting position and aiming toward a group of screaming, fleeing customers, you don't say Halt, drop the gun and put your hands in the air. Advancing toward him ~ or her ~ you shoot that POS with no warning, preferably in the head with at least three rounds. Kneel before you shoot so the bullets are rising as they strike and explode his skull. Or hers.
That takes two links out of the chain, like so: I observe someone committing a terrorist act ~ or just something that is clearly a deadly criminal act ~ therefore I act to stop that person immediately using all the firepower I brought with me. In other words: I see a terrorist therefore I shoot the terrorist. I don't negotiate. I don't chat. I don't skitter back to my unit and wait for back-up. I don't try to shoot him in the leg. I don't let him take a hostage into a building. I shoot that fucker where he or she stands. Why is that so hard to decide? Because it steps outside the "civilized" rules by which "enlightened" western leaders think we must play. In their "evolved" view ~ which comes from listening to lame, leftist, pussy, never-been-in-a-fight-in-my-entire-life-and-don't-want-to-be-in-one college professors ~ getting punched in the face is to be answered by apologizing for being in the way of the bad-guy fist.
Go ahead, dhimmi; lean into it.
In every town in which a terrorist attack might conceivably be committed, those in charge of protecting the people need to make several decisions in advance, before a bad-guy of any stripe pulls a trigger or a grenade pin: If they do this, we do that... immediately, automatically. Yes, I understand that individual situations determine tactics, but there must be principles in place and in force and accepted as SOP by every single sworn street officer or deputy before the attack. The fact that Officer Smith was 75# overweight, has not qualified with his duty pistol or the shotgun for the last four years and has repeatedly intimated to colleagues that he has no intention of ever drawing his sidearm so why bother to train or qualify and that his former friends have noticed some of these changes in his life and behavior must not be part of the "situation" that leads him to do what he will or will not do.
Get it? Every officer must be fully and honestly committed to the mission, capable and willing to carry out the pre-determined measures and tactics required for victory. There can be no other way, or people will die.
To demonstrate how far law enforcement might be behind the power curve on this vital issue, allow me to parse the article linked to above, text of article in blue, my response italicized: Don’s essentially describing a leaderless effort. Hmmm, where have I recently heard about a leaderless effort that has involved a significant police response? Terrorists are not leaderless OWS dirtbags. Their leader is Muhammad. And even if that were not true; as you can read here, the LeT in Mumbai were receiving orders and encouragement from Pakistani ISI through their "Army of the Pure" brothers back in Pakistan. They were not leaderless. A leader motivates and gives orders in order to reach a specific objective. Muhammad and the Qur'an are exquisitely clear on what are the motivators and objectives to the shahada. How can Don be called a thought leader when he can't discern what is so easily seen? Were he to see this, he'd be able to take those two links out of his OODA chain, too.
So, this is the same as...
... this? The article continues: On the very day Don and I sat down for the above video interview (September 18th), protestors in the now-infamous “Occupy” movement had held control of Zuccotti Park for fewer than 24 hours. On that day, practically no one outside of Manhattan knew who they were or what they were up to. Since then, the phenomenon has gone global, and has maximized the very communications technology about which Don and I spoke that sunny Sunday in Virginia two months ago. We need to do some serious thinking about how we’re going to monitor (and manage a response) to Twitter-based tactical movements by the opposition, whether they are peaceful, First Amendment protesters or radical terrorists bent on destruction. That's easy, Don. With great speed, courage, and resolve; you outrun their comms. You have decisions in place before things go south so there is no delay, no lip-biting, no hand-wringing, no brow-wrinkling... only lightning quick, unexpected, audacious attack attack attack. This is war. Stop taking your lessons from what worked once upon a time. Stop setting policy based on lies you don't have the guts to disbelieve and bury.
“You may be the first to arrive,” [...} “In Mumbai these terrorists engaged and outgunned the first responders. Even if multiple attacks were launched first responders will have a different perspective. You will have to prepare yourself to meet challenges in one incident at a time. Your concern will be one hallway, one room, one gunman or more, who lie in front of you to the left of you, to the right of you, above you, below you, or even behind you. You will have to make the decision to contact or contain. This is bullshit. If cops do this, any and every active shooter a/o hostage situation will turn into another Beslan ~ hundreds of unnecessarily dead innocents. Your decision may require you to risk your life to save lives." WTF? You haven't made this decision already? They why are you a cop in the first place? So you can drive fast cars, carry a gun and fuck with people?
“Above all, this will be a fight of the patrol officer in the first minutes of the attack. This type of matter is going to be settled in the first 20 minutes and it’s going to be affected by patrol. It won't be "settled", but the outcome will be decided in the first 5 minutes, whether the event takes 5 minutes, hours, or days. The event may still be ongoing, but by responding well and quickly, the severity of the attack can be seriously mitigated.” How does the chief of an 18-man police force in a "village" south of Chicago come up with that number, "first 20 minutes"? The Olympia Fields PD site is here. Their mission statement is: "for every member of the Olympia Fields Police Dept. is to seek and find ways to promote, preserve and deliver a feeling of security, safety and quality services to all members of the community". To seek... a feeling? Huh? You mean they haven't figured this shit out yet? They don't know now? Hey, Chief, guess what: it's first and foremost your responsibility, your freakin' job to "seek and find ways..." and make sure your guys get it, believe in it, obey it and perform it when the metal hits the meat.
[...] “I know this: If an attack like the one at Mumbai strikes [is committed in] a U.S. community, ordinary police officers will run to the sound of the gunfire. No, some of them will not show up, choosing to be disciplined or fired later for their willing and witting failure. Those officers will use whatever they are issued — or can scrounge — and will fight to the best of their ability. And, in so responding, many of those officers will die. We owe those officers as much practical training and equipment as we can muster, to enhance their effectiveness ... and survival. They will go, with or without preparation.” Some of them will go, some of them will cower, and some of them will crouch behind cars because "leadership" doesn't want to issue any orders that will fuck up their golden parachutes.
Could a Mumbai-style attack happen in Seattle or San Diego, Miami or Manhattan? You bet it could. Are American law enforcers preparing for the coming swarm? I [bleeping] hope so. I fucking hope so. There I said it for him. He's so worried about getting criticized for throwing an F-bomb, what will he be worried about when he's indexed and moving to the sound of the guns?
Stay safe, my brothers and sisters. If the parting motto in LE is now an admonition to stay safe, what does that signify?
This? The picture was taken outside the American Civic Center in Binghamton, NY and the reason all those cops are holding down that blue SUV is because of one man:
Chief of Police of Binghamton, Joe Zikuski.
Read his woeful, cowardly storyhereand here. The story here explains that the Big Z ordered his men to stand down for "about an hour before entering the building to make sure it was safe for officers".
Joe's business card.
And Chief Z and the city atty are bald-faced liars for trying to ram this lie down the throats of the people of B'ton.
I've gone this far, I might as well go all the way. If you looked at the video at the link above, Don Alwes, who I remind you is a thought leader on strategies and tactics related to responding to prolonged, multiple-location, multiple-cell, terrorist attacks, is on his way to being the size of some of the police officers and deputies depicted below. How can he be taken seriously when he's forfeited his right to get into the fight by being unfit? One major principle of leadership is, say it with me: Lead by example. So, cops are supposed to look at Alwes, a leader, and follow him. Why? In the first place, he's not thinking outside his freaking OODA loop, and that means he can't think ~ or hasn't yet ~ of possible ways to beat shooters in a Mumbai-type scenario. And that means until he does something more than wander around in his loop, he's not worthy of being followed. I checked his background to the extent that it's available online and he has no military training or experience so basically he's just another "husky" guy with about a quarter century of police work under his belt... and a whole lot more.
Is that a turkey leg?
Don's an instructor for the National Tactical Officers Association, which is basically a consulting firm made up of former cops. I checked their website to get a little feel for their qualifications but, to my surprise ~ see here ~ it only talks about the history of SWAT. Looks like NTOA was put together in 2010. So, here's the deal: NTOA does training for SWAT teams around the country, but no police department is obliged in any way to take their training, no matter how good that training might or might not be. Understand, I don't have anything personal against any of these guys, but I do object to one of them permitting himself to be interviewed and tagged as a thought leader. Please. If he can't come up with anything better than what he said in the clip, he doesn't know a tap-dance from taqiyyah. The NTOA doesn't need thought leaders who get stuck in OODA loops that a 19 year old Infantryman can navigate in about a half a second.
Fat and dumb... hands do not get stuck into pockets.
Wanna read the qualifications of the NTOA Chief Executive Officer straight from their website? Here goes: NTOA welcomes Mark Lomax as its new Executive Director. Mr. Lomax brings us a unique set of qualifications, with an exceptional blend of law enforcement, training and academic experience. A retired major with the Pennsylvania State Police, Mr. Lomax subsequently served as training manager for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), and then as a program manager for the United Nations Mission in Liberia. He has conducted strategic planning and management consultations for small and mid-sized businesses, and has prior experience in the non-profit arena, having served as chairman of the Anti-Violence Partnership of Philadelphia. Mr. Lomax holds master’s degrees in both Higher Education and Business Administration.
This guy is a Sergeant? Somebody has put him in charge of something!
Where are the parts about how many hostage situations Lomax successfully negotiated a/o how many SWAT teams he's trained and commanded and led into this or that many barricaded gunmen or active shooter situations? There are none.
Looking at this problem from a slightly different angle, take a look here, and be sure to look at the video clip therein. My point begins making itself at 1:02, when we see that the leader, Chief John Miller, is telling us all what a baaaaaad boy one of his men was for throwing a few F-bombs around, when all the world can see Miller is a pretty bad example himself, but in a much more important segment of example...ness...ing. He's a fat, out of shape puss and with his ... that's a pet peeve of mine... aversion to profanity, has more business teaching Sunday school than he does leading warriors. The BPD mission statement reads: ... iscommitted to providing the city with progressive, reliable and citizen-oriented police service in the most professional and timely manner possible. This is the kind of progressive, pussy, PC leader that is going to get people killed in a terrorist situation, cops and civilians.
Okay, okay, I know I gotta wrap this up sometime but, today I'm reading about this little Muslim scumbag who felt quite sure that the best way to draw attention to his lovely religion was to kill some cops, so between 0130-0300 he starts lighting up the cozy village of Gadsden, Alabama. Been there. To Gadsden. Just bein' clear. Anyway, he shot out store windows and for about 90 minutes this guy either strolled through a slumbering residential district all on his own before the cops got there, or once the cops did show up, they let him keep on wandering through the neighborhood ~ at least 6 blocks ~ hoping they could calm him down and not have to shoot him. Reading the article, I tend to think they let him wander around shooting until they thought they'd calmed down the lad.
Got that? They let this guy meander through several city blocks of sleepy neighborhood hoping they could talk him out of that gun he had. Really?
Remember that little dude up at the top of this post? That's the Gadsden shooter, Luis Ibarra-Hernandez, not an OWS dipshit. As the story here tells you, the cops were not so worried about the mayhem little Luis could have inflicted by skipping merrily into any one of many many houses in the area and commencing to shoot the crap out of as many of the locals as he could as they were about following the rules they learned on the shooting range once a year:
They avoided shooting each othe. Nice.
Rather than audaciously going after the shooter to close the distance with the enemy and stop him with close-in fire, they didn't fire at all, lest one of their bullets accidentally hit a slumbering Gasdenite. This "safety consciousness" ignored the fact that the shooter himself could have been accidentally killing an innocent villager with each and every shot he fired... permitted to do so by cops who would not and did not shoot because they were worried about wounding even one.
Google: Dwight Baptist Church, Gadsden, Alabama and look at the map.
The shooter was in a neighborhood, not an empty industrial park. He was shooting at windows to draw in the police. But there were people in the houses all around. At any moment he could have done a left or a right and been inside a nice rambler to terrorize and destroy as many families ~ ones loved by somebody ~ until Gadsden PD decided to man up.
More unknowns:
Cops didn't know if he was trying to draw them into an ambush, more shooters. They let the enemy choose the spot of the battle, something which should never be done. GPD could have chosen the battle ground at any time.
Cops didn't know if the shooter was going to put up a fight and then fake surrender when he had enough cops around him and then detonate a bomb to kill them all
Cops didn't know if the shooter would kill them all with a bomb and then kill even more people ~ second responders ~ with a secondary device when they screamed up to the bloody scene to help save lives
So, they got lucky this time. Luis was just another dipshit amateur wannabe terrorist who couldn't find his butt with both hands. Sure. Keep telling yourself that, chief.
Okay, let's wrap up. It's clear here that police brass is capable of learning lessons. I guess. But, I wonder if they will ever get these truths:
Lots of people knew your lessons learnedbefore you wasted time, money, energy and reputation on your song and dance drills
Lots of "civilians" are in better physical shape and know more about battle tactics than do you and your exalted SWAT guys and NTOA consultants
Lots of these "civilians" that you think need to be herded into buses and evacuated when the first Mumbai-like shots ring out would actually be quite willing to go on the attack with you and your guys ~ maybe even lead some of your dummies since about 95% of your guys don't know jack about urban warfare
If you and your men and women can't pass an Army PT test, you have no business running around with guns telling warriors what to do in a shooting situation. You may have the legal authority, but you don't have the moral right.
Read this story about how the security "experts" at the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, are going to protect you in event of shooters storming onto the premises.
Mall security... "expert"
They will endeavor to keep you inside, as much as they can in that attendant turmoil, so they can "minimize potential victims... and buy time for the police to come."
Item one: the way you minimize potential victims in an active shooter situation is to get the potential victims as far away from bad-guy bullets as possible.
Item two: the police might be delayed in their response for any number of reasons. I mean, holy shit, one man might shoot a cop or four, as depicted here, in order to create a distraction at one end of town while a team of shooters attacks the local mall. Any moron with even the most basic tactical training can tell you that. WTF is wrong with those MoA idiots?
Item three: MoA has just increased the likelihood that they will be hit by a terror attack. That area of the US is full of wannabe jihadists and the mall's position essentially tells anyone with a bad attitude and a handgun, Hey, come and act out your aggression on the thousands of shoppers we have walking innocently through our fine facility ~ air-conditioned for your comfort.
Like I've said before here and here ~ probably a go-zillion-fuckin' times, if you hear shooters in a mall and you are not equipped and trained to defend a/o counter-attack then get the hell out of that building as quickly as you can. Because shooters might be using a hammer-anvil tactic ~ one or two shooters open fire at one end of the mall in order to drive shoppers toward the other end of the mall where even more shooters are waiting for them ~ the best way to exit would be through the rear exit doors of the small shops along the halls and aisles.
Don't get trapped!
Now to the question: why would MoA management and their security provider emplace this dangerous policy? Because they don't want to spend the money necessary to properly train and equip effective security officers and teams. They're hoping nothing bad ever happens and they'll never be sued for incompetent/insufficient security/supervision. See my post here for a little more bitchin' from me on the subject of how security rips off their customers every day.
In closing, I'll again suggest you take a good, long look at this extremely good video on how to survive a mall shooter(s) scenario.
And if you're in a mall and security tries to lock you down, remember they have no authority to do anything but tell you to stay off their property.
Update below: 29 December 11: I told you so. But don't worry. Cops and MOA security got together to "debrief security protocol" after the incident. Hey, if MOA security fucked this up, what will they do when multiple shooters swarm the place.
It's Christmas Day and here is some beautiful, contemplative music to which I listen from time to time. It has a Christmastime feel to it, at least in my ear and my heart.
In my family, we write notes to one another and put them in each other's stockings. We try to write all the things we maybe forgot to say or wanted to say or should have said over the previous year ~ or longer. Well, I'm done with that and will be hanging the stockings in a while.
Then, on to the lasagna, which is our traditional Christmas feast. Nothing religious about that particular dish; we just like it.
Like some of you, there are those I'll miss this Christmas, whose absence leaves me a bit teary at times. Distant family ~ fallen comrades ~ a lost love. But that's what makes this season so different from any on the calendar. For in missing them, we affirm again their eternal value, their precious warmth, the touch of God they brought to our lives.
Like God sending his Son for us, we are continually Given the most precious gifts; people to love and those for whom we can give our lives. That is what makes the God of the Jews and the Crusaders a God worthy of our devotion, and the only force to which we should surrender.
Here we are again, looking down the barrel of another Black Friday. In view of the on-going threat constituted by various terrorists and now OWS dipshits, here's what I'm going to do: walk around for a few hours. I have a right to do so. And I have a right to be in a public place with a concealed weapon because I am properly licensed in my state to do so. Are you? If not, why not? What kind of mayhem are you waiting for?
Ready or not, here I come.
There's a mall near me that might be targeted in an attack, either by shooters or a bomber. So that's where I shall take my stroll. I mean, why not? It's the day on which the most conspicuous-consumption money gets spent by people all over the world, especially by infidels. Why the mall near me and not the mall near... you? I don't know. Maybe it will be the one near you. I don't have any actionable intel, no premonitions, not making any SWAG. I'm just going to the mall near me because I can go to that one whereas I can't go to the one near you. Maybe you could go to the mall near you. I'm just sayin'.
I live in a state which permits concealed carry of handguns so I'll take my baby with me, as I usually do, and a few travelin' items, listed here for your consideration. Tell me if I'm missing anything.
If you don't have a handgun but would like one, for any reason, take a look here for some thoughts on good, reasonably priced weapons.
For the truck, just in case; 12GA 2.75', 1 Oz HP Slugs.
If you're going walking ~ a choice only you can make ~ here for your review are some posts I've proffered in the past such as Shooters,here, and Give Me Back My Bullets,here. Homeless Alert,here, and Lessons from Omaha,here. Oh, the weather outside is frightful,here. But the fire is so delightful,here, and This just in,here.
I've tried to cover a host of possibilities in the posts linked to above, but I know I can't cover each and every scenario because there are too many variables. Still, if I hear shots coming from one end of the mall, I'll move toward the sound of the guns, not run screaming into the parking lot. There will be enough people doing that ~ I don't need to participate. I'll try to get to the intersection closest to the shooter(s) and then try to find cover, if it's available or concealment of some sort if that's all the terrain gives me.
If the set-up permits, here's what I'll try to do if I am the only... walker: Assuming the shooter(s) is approaching from the direction of Monkey Wards walking up the mall towards Jacque C Penne, I will look for cover behind the centered kiosk, if it's there. If not, I'll take cover in the Pet Store or the Salon. I'll wait til the shooter(s) moves north past the kiosk and engage him with as much firepower as I can, shooting from the Pet Store toward the Salon or toward the Pet Store from the Salon, depending of course on where I'm situated. I'm not going to take a shot or two and then duck. I'm going to shoot until he or she stops his or her threatening/deadly actions and if that means I have to empty a full 30 round mag ~ and I've got three of those ~ into him, then that's what it takes. Followed by a quick reload as I check for other approaching shooters.
If the kiosk is there I can use that as cover. I don't need to get right up next to it for it to block bullets, I can move laterally behind it for several feet to the east or west and as long as I keep it between me and the shooter, I'm covered.
If there happens to be another walker with me, here's what we'll try to do: Assuming we're walking at the north end as we hear shooting coming from the south end, we'll head at a range-walk toward the sound of the guns. My partner will take up a position just north of the kiosk and I will go into either Ed's or Oz, and at least get some concealment, if only from a shadow. These positions give my partner the ability to fire north to south from behind cover while I shoot east-west or west-east. My partner stays concealed until I see the shooters have moved into the zone directly between Ed's and Oz. When they're in that zone, I open fire east-west or west-east and my fellow-walker opens up north to south. Suddenly the shooters are taking fire from two directions and if it's accurate and sustained fire, they're going to stop their attack right then and there.
If there is no kiosk, my partner goes into the Pet Store or Salon kitty-corner from me and, using the door-frame along the main hallway as cover, shoots the bad-guys when I open fire. It might be best if he's prone as he fires so the bullets are rising as they hit the bad-guys... and rising if they miss.
These are general tactics I may need to change based on any number of unforeseeable circumstances.
And, of course I'll let the cops do what they have to do whenever it is that they arrive on scene.
And, if they question me, I won't lie to them.
Now you know the basics of the L-Shaped Ambush. But they started it, didn't they?
Of course, before I begin to fire, I've determined by the reasonable man standard, seen here, that the shooter(s) pose a clear and present danger to myself and other walkers and shoppers and that the shooter's deadly actions need to be stopped immediately using reasonable force which is in this case, since they're shooting at people, deadly force.
At least that's my estimate. If anyone else were to be in my situation, he or she would have to make their own decision as to what he or she would or would not do. Maybe all one might choose to do is counter-surveillance ~ walking around looking for suspicious people and things to report to the police. I don't know. I only know what I'll do. And those who mutter or shout that we must doooooo something, but then do nothing can keep on muttering.
Alrightythen, I'll let you know how it turns out. Hey, if you're so inclined, equiped and trained and you take a walk, you can let me know how it turns out.
How it turned out, as promised, update 26 Nov 11: Wall to wall people, most tightly packed at the food court. Saw two security guards the entire hour I was there. While I was doing recon on the food court by standing there pretending to describe the food options to the imaginary friend on the other end of my phone, one guard waltzes in the door from outside. She's got a clipboard in her hand and proceeds to walk down the way where you have to line up at the various shops to order food. At a pretty good pace, she walks the entire length, about 200', and then disappears. Not once did she slow down to take a look at the crowd as they sat and stood and walked. I estimate probably 300 people in the food court.
A few minutes later, I see the top of a security hat bobbing up and down and I assume there's a guard under it. I was right. I guess. He's a little guy, but has on his happy face. As I continue to talk to my phone he walks by and stops to move some sort of sign ~ like a small bucket hanging from a tripod ~ about 2". Ahhhhh, perfect right there, I guess he was thinking. Then he spots on the floor a splash of drink that I'd seen as I walked by that spot moments before. The spot is about 5" square. And it's dry. He goes to some closet and comes back with one of those yellow warning signs and puts it on the dry drink spot and marches proudly away.
As I left the mall to head for my favorite pub to watch the Rangers and the Capitals play hockey, I saw the security SUV drive onto property with his little yellow light flashing atop his little white Ford.
And that is all I saw, about 1330 to 1430 at the mall just down the street.
What I should have seen is a hell of a lot more security officers, all of them armed. There should have been at least three officers on the building roof surveying parking lots and entry doors, looking for people getting out of vehicles as described in detail here. There should have been at least two unmarked officers in the food court set up to ambush any shooters coming through the main door. That fat guard in the booth by the door doesn't count, he's dead meat.
Anyway; you're still on your own out there. Security will not keep you safe. They don't have to do anything more than observe and report. So, it's up to you to protect yourself and those you love.
Update: 17 December 11: Going hunting.
Okay, I'm back. Some observations:
Wear different shoes next time.
Saw only four security guards in the two hours I was there. None armed. One was a tall, chubby guy you could see coming a mile away. Problem is, when he closed that mile and was right on top of you, he's still just there to observe and report. Another was the girl I saw last time in the food court, only this time she was busy showing people how to find some store. Another one was maybe the little guy who so dutifully marked that spilled but dry beverage my last trip there. This time he was astride a mount: a Segway. He had on a helmet reminiscent of old B17 tail-gunners. Goofy. And one tall, slender guy outside. There may have been one or two on "patrol" in the parking lots but I didn't look there.
Frozen yogurt brain freeze is like ice cream brain freeze, only quicker.
There was a "Santa" guy strolling here and there doing little Christmas tunes on his accordian. He had a little blue ear-ring in his left ear. So, I forget: does that mean he's gay or that he's a biker?
Some kid handed me a sample of Thai food and when the toothpick broke off in my mouth, I was momentarily concerned... until I realized the toothpick was actually a piece of uncooked spaghetti. There is no Off position on the genius switch, eh?
When I first entered the mall, my profiling alarm went off like a roadside bomb because of...
This cupcake. My guess is that's her son on her right. Remember; boys and girls; even in the land of the free a Muslim woman is not permitted to be out of the house without escort from her husband or a male member of her family. The hijab she was imprisoned in wasn't large enough to flow behind her as she walked so it was pretty easy to see from my position that she wasn't hiding a bomb... on her butt. I kept her in sight from about 50', looking around me for someone who might be her handler, somebody with a detonator who'd blow her up when she got to the most deadly position among the shoppers. Didn't see anyone who seemed suspicious in that regard and was going to try to get in front of her so I could see if she looked like she was pregnant but I lost her in the crowd ahead. I think she ducked into the Victoria's Secret to check out the thongs. Ooo, that's pretty creepy. Anyway, I took a look around to see if the lovely stuck-on-stupid-in-the-7th-century couple came up for air and they didn't so I continued the promenade.
About 90 minutes later, I was profiling in an area that had a higher probability of being attacked than most others in the building. There I saw a young male who appeared to be of Arab extraction who was very focused on texting something to someone. Okay. I get it. Everybody does that. Sure, but not if and when I'm profiling. The government cannot profile as a matter of law. I can, may and will profile since I'm not a government agent. So, if you're a young Arab-looking male in a likely attack location, tapping on your phone and looking like your head is about to explode because you're so intensely focused as you signal your brothers ~ a/o twitching with hate ~ then I'm going to watch you. Closely. I'm going to move to a position where I can see you but you can't easily see me. Too, I'll try to make that spot one where I can see any of your brothers approaching. It will probably turn out that you're just letting them know there's a really bitchin' sale on girls undies so y'all can properly dress your bacha bazi boyfriends, like these little fellas.
If it's not that, if you're there calling them in to begin some jihad, you will be resisted... with great vigor, resolve and firepower.
Okay, that being said; I did see the Muslimah and her harmless escort as I was on the way out of the building. They were both in one piece, seemingly harmless.
Okay, let's get to it, shall we? I like to try to set the context for why I write what I write about standing against Islam and so here is today's offering; it'll make you sick. For those who wonder how can people do such horrid things to one another, just look at the third picture down. That's the answer, right there: Qur'an 9:5. It's what they're required to do by their religion.
The way it should be: they whine, we laugh out loud.
And, no, other religions are not the same. If you take the time to study Islam rather than plan your next frivolous romp in Vegas, or stop listening to the crap coming from Chicago Jesus about the wonders of Islam, you'll quickly discover the truth. To those of you who have done your homework, goodonya. To those who have not, what the hell are you waiting for ~ a knife in your throat?
Speaking of being slaughtered by Muslims: if you were about to be attacked by a representative of the Religion of Peace, what weapon would most likely be used against you?
Yes, you can kill lots of people at one time by taking over an aircraft and driving it into a skyscraper. But, of all the methods used by terrorists to kill and maim; cutting, slashing and stabbing with edged weapons is the most often used. Why? Because it's easier to obtain or create an edged weapon than a Boeing 757. You break a beer bottle, you got an edged weapon that can kill. Does anybody not know what a broken beer bottle looks like? How about a broken vodka bottle? Alrightythen, let's move on.
This is a made for police training only video created several years ago, now apparently not restricted to cops. That's good, because it shows you just how quickly you can get cut long, deep and frequently by someone skilled in the use of edged weapons. Find some insight into knife-fighting realities here from someone who appears to know that of which he speaks.
Take a look here at how UK Muslims are being encouraged to raise the knife of jihad. I looked for articles telling us about "moderate" Muslims who had the sand to correct the knife raisers and get them to change their evil, misunderstanding-Islam ways but found no such stories. Go figure. You can read more here about UK Muslim street jihad... with knives. Maybe the London Muslima who went on a slashing spree here had signed up for the cause. We find still another Muslim woman who stabbed a Brit MP here, perhaps in response to the call of her confused coreligionists. And what's the name of their so-called religion, boys and girls? C'mon, hiss it with me:
Issssslaaaam.
But, of course, the knife of jihad isn't raised only in the British Isles, is it? We can read here about a Muslim man who walked into a Connecticut grade school with a knife, was released with no charges filed against him... and later stabbed two somebodies at a gas station. I'm not at all trying to say that the only people who stab others are Muslims, just to make the point again that anyone calling Islam the religion of peace does not know history, not 1400 years or 1400 seconds worth of it. The plain fact is that most terrorism is committed by Muslims, most terrorist attacks are conducted with easily obtained a/o made edged weapons, therefore you're more likely to be attacked by a Muslim terrorist with a knife than a Babtist rain-dancer with a bumbershoot.
Harmless bumbershooter.
Hey, guess what: there's more. Looks here as though there's a lady slasher cutting up NYC, so anybody want to bet what which direction she faces when she prays? I'm just sayin'. You can read here about Spaniards being attacked by a man with an axe, and here about a Moroccan man ~ probably Muslim ~ who went on a rampage with a knife in Ibiza, a Spanish resort town. Read here about a woman who was stabbed to death and then beheaded while in Tenerife, still another popular Spanish holiday spot. While there is no evidence to suggest that the killer was anything but a psychotic, the point of my point about being prepared remains sharp, because the victim was stalked, as we see here. She depended on others for her survival and the others failed her. The sheriff here is right to advise people to arm themselves for their own defense.
With that take-care-of-yourself thing in mind, sometime back I wrote here about what to do if you're faced with a slasher on a bus, and here about what to do if you're attacked with a hammer, a weapon suggested by Islamo-thugs because it's deadly yet looks so innocent.
Backing it down a notch, not long ago some Muslim thugs attacked a French couple on the streets of Paris. I'd like to see them try that on the streets of Parris Island, SC, eh? Sorry, I couldn't find a way to embed the video so you'll have to click here to get a look. But I'll wait while you watch it. Go ahead. In this video, we see the arrogance of perceived power, that of the several savages who have somehow concluded that they have the right to walk the streets attacking people simply for not being Muslim. How do I know the motivation of these thugs? I don't know for sure, I'm just playing the odds, running the statistical probabilities. I read about these kinds of attacks by Muslims against infidels almost every day. Do you?
Why not?
This is what I mean by taking care of yourself. The guy didn't even think of calling the cops, he just gets back in the face of the Muslims and attacks them.
I try to put helpful videos in my posts, as long as they show tactics and procedures that I, based on my training and experience, believe can be helpful to the guy on the street. All the knife attack defenses I've found involve a number of steps and the only way you're going to get good at those defensive moves is to practice them all the time so they become second-nature. But you're not going to do that, are you? So, without going into the details of how I've been trained to handle people with edged weapons, I'll ask you to have a look at the two Krav Maga videos below for some good, basic, easy-to-remember responses to knife attacks.
Knife to the throat.
Defense against slash.
This ad makes me want to puke every time I see it. The wife tells us about the emotional pain she suffered because she saw some burglar rummaging through her stuff. Imagine what she'd be feeling if that burglar had stuck a gun in her face, forced her and her daughter upstairs and then and raped the shit out of them, daughter first, then left them to die. But ADT won't go near that possible scenario because they know they have no product to mitigate against that kind of crime. But what's the difference between the burglar in the ad and the rapist/murderer I just conjured up? Time and opportunity. That's all. The narrator says: When a call is received, ADT can call the local authorities... The little lady doesn't see the subtle legal wording that gets ADT off the hook if they somehow don't call the cops. Saying they can is not the same as saying they will or they shall. ADT knows it cannot control what their "highly trained professionals" will actually do when that call comes in. The "professional" might be late, or drunk, or taking a crap, or texting her boyfriend, or watching porn on the computer, or racist and sitting there thinking: that white bitch deserves it. I'm not calling anyone until I get aaaaaaaaall the facts. Now, where is it that I put my liiiiiitle, tiny pencil?
ADT can't control how quickly "the authorities" will respond. As you can read here, Detroit PD won't respond to a burglar alarm unless you have proof a crime has been committed. And, courts have decided that cops are not required by law to protect you personally, they are sworn to protect "society" in general, of which you and your loved ones make up one small piece. So, it's up to you. Take a look at the husband in the ADT ad. What a pussy. I know, he's just an actor sitting there with a stupid look on his face, but he depicts too many men in this country who are so fearful or lazy or careless or whatever that they don't see the many dan0gers we face as a society ~ and by extension he and his family are included ~ every day and night. He gives her peace of mind by saying, I will surrender my responsibility as a man to protect my loved ones to a company who's already lied to me on TV, which employs people I wouldn't trust to go get my mail.
Have you ever watched helicopter coverage of police chasing some bozo and wondered aloud: Why don't they do something besides chase him? They could stop him there or there or right there. The longer they let this go on, the more potential there is for innocent bystanders to be hurt because the longer they permit this clown to keep up his antics, the more people he endangers because he's not yet stopped.
You don't wonder about that? Really?
Okay, whoever you are, here's the deal: according to Georgia law, Vehicular Homicide is the unlawful killing of another with the use of a vehicle. Neither malice aforethought nor intent is required as elements of proof for this crime. In Washington, Reckless Endangerment is a gross misdemeanor requiring conduct not amounting to a drive-by shooting but that creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person. This tragedy proves my point perfectly, don't you think?
So, let's put some bozo in a car who's running from the cops just because he was doing 25 in a school zone. Cop lights him up, Bozo punches it because he doesn't have insurance, and they're off to the races. He's already looking at a speeding ticket of at least 5 over the limit plus no insurance; tack on Reckless Endangerment and Felony Elude, just for starters. Beginning in a school zone full of kids, the pursuit can run through, past, over and under lots and lots of people who are just out and about, minding their own bidness in various neighborhoods, parks, malls, business districts, narrow alleys, dusty alleys, bowling alleys, along high or low roads to Scotland or elsewhere, downtown, uptown, the back 40, or the north 40...
You know that big-ass parking lot they got.
Let's shift gears, shall we? Read here about a Mexican drug cartel trying to kill Mexican soldiers by luring them into a trap and blowing them away with what was essentially an IED.
So that changes the entire angle, doesn't it?
Let's call her Sally Scion. Behold the old paradigm: reporters ho-humming a commentary on the pursuit ~ yadda-yadda-yadda ~ never even wondering for a moment if the driver of the vehicle could be trying to lure as many cops as she can as close to her car as possible so she can kill them all with one blast. In this case, it looks like it was maybe a soccer mom who was just having a really bad day. But do you see all the cops around the Scion at the end? Geez, what a horrible thing it would be if someone did all what that woman did and then detonated a bomb when all the cops were dismounted and trying to get the driver out of the car. And I mean that seriously; it would be a horrible thing.
But, you're just a civilian, not a cop. What are the odds that terrorists will try to provoke you into chasing them up and down the road to finally blow you up when they get to just the right spot? It's improbable. What's more likely would be a scenario where you're attacked as follows:
Rather than taking a whack at you motoring along in your beige Volvo, terrorists will go for your Ride-Share van because it's an amply-loaded soft target: only one person paying attention ~ the driver, one hopes ~ everyone else trying to stack a few more Zs before being let out at the office to begin a day of honest toil. Or something. Some guy comes up behind you and gives you a bumper tap with enough force to rock the van but not do any damage. You remember doing that in high school, right? So, ennewaze, then the driver of the car behind you drives up next to you with her ~ yes, I switched the gender of the attacker just to keep you on your toes ~ window down and coos, Oooo, I'm so so sorry. My insurance will cover everything so follow me up around the corner, out of this traffic, and we'll exchange information. She drives around the corner, into a parking lot and stops. She motions for you to pull in behind her and you don't even notice that directly parallel to you, a couple stalls over, is a van with its side door or rear door looking right at you.
What do you think's comin' next?
Probably nothing more than the exchange of insurance information and some some dirty looks. But what could happen is that, as soon as you stop behind her car, the door on that van three stalls over pops open and a couple of men open fire on your innocent little "green" shuttle. And you're dead, but you can die with pride since you gave your life trying to save the planet. Yea... right.
So, here's what you might do rather than get suckered into an ambush: you lead the way to where the information exchange will take place. More detail here, including how to bust through a road-block, cool stuff every motorist should know. What do you do if you see the cops swarming around a car, trying to do what you saw in the video? Well, chances are that if you see lots of movement by cops after the suspect vehicle is stopped, then there is probably no bomb in the car, waiting to be detonated. The bomber most likely would have detonated from inside the car to be sure the detonator wasn't effected by any struggle with arriving and arresting cops.
Still, what you can do if you decide is drive beyond the site where all the comotion is going on and pull off to the side of the road. At that time and place, take a look around for suspicious activity a/o people. Suspicious?
Someone in a vehicle or on foot on an overpass or similar good viewing spot who's looking at the scene through binoculars, or taking photos with a full-size camera, video or still. Can you do a drive-by and get a vehicle/driver description you can quickly pass to the 911 operator? Good.
Someone walking just down the street from you who seems frustrated that the cell phone in his hand didn't work properly, which is to say it failed to send a det signal to the bomb in the car over there by all the cops. Can you do a drive-by and get a description of that guy a/o girl and pass to the 911 operator ASAP? Excellent.
Someone who was parked alongside the road watching as the cops got the suspect to stop but who leaves a few seconds after that ~ thereby suggesting with his actions: Dang, the detonator in my hand here didn't set off the bomb over there by all those cops, so I'd better bounce on outta here. Can you pass that info to the cop comms center? Great.
Or, can you call the 911 operator and ask if he or she can have one of the units there at the scene break loose and check out the guys mentioned above who just might be on counter-surveillance, or the handler of the person the cops just put in cuffs. Awesome.
Now, if I may; here are some thoughts for law enforcement officers viz chasing cars around and being bushwhacked.
Actually, cops can stop any car any time they want. So why don't they? Because, as I said here, too many gutless "leaders" trying to protect their reputations and pensions instead of the people and their officers. As well, they care too much about the feelings of suspects. I mean, they can't even say suspect anymore to describe a punk found covered in somebody else's blood at a murder scene. He's just a person of interest. If you're a regular here, you already know how to stop people in cars who are endangering people. C'mon, say it with me: shooooot the driiiiiver. Hey, people who say violence doesn't solve anything are simply cowards and no fun at parties.
Not therapy, softer approaches, or less-lethal weapons. Violence.
If someone reported an abandoned vehicle on a crowded street and said there was something that looked like an artillery shell on the back seat, the cops would respond with the bomb guys and those cool little robots, right? They wouldn't run up to the car, jump on it and start banging on the windows. So, why would anyone jump on Sally's car just because she finally decided to grab some curb? What if Sally's plan all along was going to drive slowly but illegally with police motorcade through the town to a park where there's a festival going on and then, with all the choppers in the air and cops flashing their lights and laying on their wailers, she was going to blow the shit out of everybody? What if she, fully loaded with AMFO, stopped next to another vehicle loaded up with even more AMFO? Blazing fucking inferno, that's what. All because SOP created by some dipshit community policing wizard says the best way to handle a pursuit is to follow the suspect until she rrrrreally fucks up by pissing off Roscoe Rules.
Listen up: despite all the noodle-rubbing any so-called expert may do, nobody can know if Sally is going to injure or kill someone while having half the freaking police force on her tail as she vents. To protect cops, she and all her kind need to be stopped as quickly as possible at a spot chosen by pursuing/responding cops, not just followed until she boxes herself into a corner or runs out of gas. The rules of engagement have changed. There are more killers among us than ever before, willing to and even planning on killing as many infidel cops as they can. So, in order to better control the outcome of any traffic stop made in this asymetrical war, cops need to decide where and when the vehicle gets stopped, not leave it to whimsey or treachery. This is a rule of warfare: never let the enemy decide where the battle is to be fought.
Sally Scion is doing exactly what an enemy would do: drive in such a manner as to draw a pursuit but slowly enough to not present a clear and present danger ~ just a bit of a nuisance until enough cops show up to make some sort of stop. Oh, you don't think a blonde American woman would get you to follow her and then blow you up or trick you into an alley full of shooters? Remember this bitch?
Have you, a brave blue knight, moved past the belief that pretty girls smile at you when you pull them over because they think you're cute? Police ladies; you think it's that pony-tail they like and how soft your hands look, eh? They're playing you. So, if it's true that you're being zoomed, and it is, then it may also be true that one of them will someday soon be driving you in circles until he or she gets enough of your posse close enough to make the boom he or she's carrying in the trunk turn you and all your responding buddies into pink mist. See below for a variation on the theme.
Three cop cars in a potential kill zone. Gray van side door slides open, back one pops up, gunfire erupts from the right flank.
In addition to the gray van in the pic above, the vehicle being stopped is a van. Rear doors open up, bullets start flying out the back.
Perfect L-shaped infantry ambush, taught in all combat courses in the world. Fire coming out of the back and sides of the gray van in the driveway and the back of the green van in the street.
Throw the silver SUV in the driveway into the equation and guess how many bodybags the PD will need.
Putting myself in this last picture, I see lots of patrol cars and at least one unmarked unit and lots of cops and I'd ask myself: which of the people driving by to see what's going on are actually follow-up bad-guys to do even move shooting? And, I'd also wonder if all this was a diversion to get us all over here, waaaaay far away from the actual target of this group... maybe these knuckleheads are just decoys.
So, be careful where you make your traffic stops. Don't make your stops, felony or not, next to vans or cars when your instinct is screaming that you're about to be bombed or ambushed. If you're caught, the thing to do in an ambush is to get out of the kill zone as quickly as possible. If possible, stop and engage the enemy from a position of cover once you're clear.
Remember; a slow pursuit, not a fast get-away, is more likely to be an ambust set-up. Slow gets you to follow them to the kill zone. Fast prpobably means there is no kill zone, they just don't want to get caught. In a situation such as depicted above, someone needs to stay in a position where he can see and respond with appropriate violence to any extra shooters coming in batting clean up. Also, some sergeant needs to remind responding patrols that not every single unit is necessary at the scene, some need to stay active, looking for more shooters inbound, and ready to respond to an even more horrific event across town. As noted here: one grenade can kill you all.
Speaking of traps: one of my all time favorites...
