> This simply is not true. There are plenty of videos out there showing one out of control person fighting off more than two cops.
Can you show me a video where two people (police or otherwise) show good sense and martial arts training and are still unable to restrain someone?
One of the most common things I see in these videos (and I've seen it in person, even with cops I respect) is stepping the wrong way through an armbar. Standing armbar is, without a doubt, the #1 go-to technique for police and bouncers who are trying to restrain someone without using a weapon.
If I see a video of stepping forward through an armbar instead of back, I instantly know that our system has failed that police officer in terms of understanding how their body works vis a vis restraining someone.
It's totally true that, occasionally, a single person can make themselves impossible to restrain even by two people. Even more rarely, the person in question can continue to harm other people or property.
In that scenario, as I said, I think it's better for society to commit more people to the situation rather than (what I think is the lazy and destructive inclination to) add less lethal weapons.
Can you show me a video where two people (police or otherwise) show good sense and martial arts training and are still unable to restrain someone?
One of the most common things I see in these videos (and I've seen it in person, even with cops I respect) is stepping the wrong way through an armbar. Standing armbar is, without a doubt, the #1 go-to technique for police and bouncers who are trying to restrain someone without using a weapon.
If I see a video of stepping forward through an armbar instead of back, I instantly know that our system has failed that police officer in terms of understanding how their body works vis a vis restraining someone.
It's totally true that, occasionally, a single person can make themselves impossible to restrain even by two people. Even more rarely, the person in question can continue to harm other people or property.
In that scenario, as I said, I think it's better for society to commit more people to the situation rather than (what I think is the lazy and destructive inclination to) add less lethal weapons.