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Originally Posted by Robbie
So cops aren't trained in how to take a person down?
My mom was a deputy sheriff. Two cousins are city cops. My step brother is a deputy.
I can assure you that every one of them was taught how take a person down to the ground.
As for bouncers...after playing in nightclubs from 1978 forward all over the country...I've seen them handle guys who had guns, knives, nunchucks, brass nuckles, broken bottles...you name it. None of those bouncers ever killed anyone.
I'm not saying that "deadly force" isn't needed sometimes. It is.
But NOT against an unarmed man.
IF the cop was going to shoot him...why not in the leg? Or the shoulder? Why is it that cops are shooting to kill everytime they draw their weapon?
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I'm not saying cops don't have training but bouncers are typically large fighters, martial artists, weight lifters etc. Police are ONLY trained in defensive tactics and training is very limited.
As someone who has been involved in boxing, kickboxing, muay thai or karate for much of my life, i can say with 100% confidence that it takes consistent training... daily, an hour a day or more for months and months on end, to be effective at anything in any basic combat art. You can't just learn a few wrist locks or joint locks and effecitively apply them when needed 8 months later because you had a few hours of training. Being good and effective takes constant practice. Thats why when you watch Cops, it always takes a group of police to take someone down who is aggressively resisting and secure them unless that person is drunk enough or hurt etc.
That said, I do think police should be quicker with a stun gun than a pistol.