Originally Posted by koz (Post 261597)

I got this e-mail from a friend last week -


From a retired NYPD friend.

THIS WAS AN INJURY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. DON'T BE A HERO...

SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT.

The photos are of an officer trained in hand-to-hand combat. The officer figured, due to his size and fighting skills, he could disarm a knife wielding aggressor.

Here is why I am forwarding these pictures on. To all the idiots out there who always say, "Why did the cops have to shoot him? He only had a (insert your choice of weapons here, i.e. knife, bat, club. whatever). He didn't have to be shot. To that, I respond,"tough crap ... shoot'em".

If an officer tells you to drop your weapon, just drop it. If you're a retard, stupid, on crack, mental or just "scared" ... too bad. No one deserves what this cop got for just doing his job. If you got a knife, then you should die ... period. This is vivid proof of how deadly people who are "only armed with a knife" can be. Some of the public think that officers should try to disarm someone armed with a knife but anyone who has had training in knife fighting will tell you - even if you win you are going to get cut.

Keep this in the back of your mind when confronting someone armed with an edged weapon.

Originally Posted by sofmed (Post 420054)

That kind of damage can be perpetrated by someone who knows what he is doing while holding nothing more than a 1-1/2 to 2" bladed knife. And considering that the average adult male can cover 7 yds in less than 2 seconds, you're in for some trouble if you aren't "prepared". Thanks for sharing...awesome pics. I take it the police officer survived to fight another day.? Yes, SS, a knife is an awesome weapon!

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 420412)

We were in a 2 day post-FTX stand-down out in Flagstaff when one of our NCOs was attacked by a group of cowboys in a bar called the Purple Jester. After performing what turned out to be a cholecystectomy on one of them with his Army issued demo knife, they retreated with their friend to the local ER.

Doesn't take a big knife to do BIG damage to the human body.

Richard :munchin

Originally Posted by DJ Urbanovsky (Post 420065)

That kind of damage can be perpetrated by someone who doesn't know what he's doing.

Originally Posted by Dusty (Post 420414)

Originally Posted by cold1 (Post 420408)

Seeing the pics of the officer makes one wonder about how people used to survive during the sword and horses days. They had to be some tough mudders back then or just plain lucky to make it through a skirmish.

Originally Posted by Richard (Post 420432)

Don't know when you were there, but it sure wasn't in 1972. ;)

Richard :munchin

Originally Posted by koz (Post 261597)

I got this e-mail from a friend last week -


From a retired NYPD friend.

THIS WAS AN INJURY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. DON'T BE A HERO...

SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT.

The photos are of an officer trained in hand-to-hand combat. The officer figured, due to his size and fighting skills, he could disarm a knife wielding aggressor.

Here is why I am forwarding these pictures on. To all the idiots out there who always say, "Why did the cops have to shoot him? He only had a (insert your choice of weapons here, i.e. knife, bat, club. whatever). He didn't have to be shot. To that, I respond,"tough crap ... shoot'em".

If an officer tells you to drop your weapon, just drop it. If you're a retard, stupid, on crack, mental or just "scared" ... too bad. No one deserves what this cop got for just doing his job. If you got a knife, then you should die ... period. This is vivid proof of how deadly people who are "only armed with a knife" can be. Some of the public think that officers should try to disarm someone armed with a knife but anyone who has had training in knife fighting will tell you - even if you win you are going to get cut.

Keep this in the back of your mind when confronting someone armed with an edged weapon.