It only takes one person to step in, before bystanders will join to help.
um how did he type this if he is a quadrapalegic.? i highly doubt this was stephen hawkings that saw this.lol
One night when leaving a club with friends there was a scuffle in the parking lot that was drawing lots of attention. Many people standing around watching a pretty big guy rough up his girlfriend. I recognized her as one of the Moms from my children’s school and I stepped in without even thinking about what would happen to me.
When walking towards them I was talking loud enough for him to hear me. I said: “Do you really think this is necessary here?” He stopped, turned towards me and said: “Mind your own business you Fucking Bitch.” while pushing me. I nailed him on the top of his foot with my high heel and then a quick knee thrust upwards. Followed with a right uppercut to his jaw. This gave his girlfriend enough time to get into her friend’s car and drive away. It also gave my friends ample time to call 911. Turned out this guy was a State Cop. How sweet is that??
Nothing happened to him of course but he became the butt of some great jokes because of my stepping in. The local cops that arrived are all good friends of mine and I know several other State Troopers they were so happy to share this story.
The woman and I have become friends now and I would have never been able to look her in the eye if I had just stood by and did nothing. She is now dating a really great guy and is working out in my gym.
I am not one to stand around wondering why someone isn’t doing anything. I knew all the tactics my Brother had taught me would come in handy someday.
To whomever posted…“She probably deserved it”…go to hell! Even if you were joking, that is pretty low.
Lol at the internet hero/toughguys saying they would run right in there and kick the guys ass. I bet 100% of the people that replied would act exactly the same way. It is easy to say you would do this and that while typing on the net. Would you guys really have the balls to do something about it when you are in the real world? I doubt it.
I jumped in once and I will never do it again unless the person is about to be killed. I took the guy down and held him on the ground. While I was telling him to calm down his woman kicked me in the face. I would have ended up having to fight this guy and his chick if it wasn’t for my friends being there too.
Moral of the story? Call the police.
mdog, he typed it with his nose as TenByson said. Sheesh, gotta teach you young pups everything! Besides, I couldn’t hink of any other explanation as to why he wouldn’t have done something. I have the feeling we won’t see him around here anymore, at least under that name.
I agree with molsenman here…alot of internet tough guys. (not all as a few on here can actually kick some ass)
Ironmaiden had a great approach. She confronted the person in question before taking action. As sometimes things are not what they seem.
As for why this guy didn’t do anything…it seems everyone missed something(except MD). Time frame and distance. How long do you honestly think this event took? I’m betting about 15 seconds give or take a bit. Sounds like this guy was pretty far away. It was probably half over by the time he realized it was even happening. As at first it may have been hard to judge what was going on…and when he did he was probably waiting for someone to do something due to his distance. Bang then it was over. No time to get there no time to call the cops etc.
Now I may or may not be painting the correct picture. But people here could at least give the guy the benefit of the doubt and let him respond before ripping him a new one. Thanks. 
AC
Magnus,
Read my first post-I am for proper intervention! Having had real life experience with these types of situations, I want to help, but in the right manner.
A real life volatile situation is not at all the way it is depicted in the movies. There are a multitude of things to be concerned about. Not the least of which is civil and criminal charges beging brought against you!
As I posted earlier, you have no idea if this guy has a weapon or if and when the female will turn on you and assist her attacker. Nor, do you have any idea if the attacker has a friend or two who are just sort of hanging out on the side beacause they may want to keep a low profile while he kicks the heck out of his woman. However, when they see you coming all is fair.
I will not stand there and allow anyone who is helpless take a severe beating. However, how and when you interecede may mean the difference between who goes to jail, or the hospital, him or you!
Cyp I don’t believe a word you typed.
I agree with AC. The attacks on the author are another of the many examples of the knee-jerk reaction that happens all too often around here.
Lighten up guys. Give cypionate the benefit of the doubt since we don’t have full information concerning the incident.
TCB: I think he means Maori. The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.
Sorry for the late reply guys. The time differnce between Australia and the US means that I can only post a reply when most of you guys are asleep and vice versa. Many of you guys asked why I didn’t do anything and then went on an attack on my moral integrety and manliness. Implied in this is that I’m a coward and not worth my salt as a man for my inaction. But I think most of you failed to read the preceding sentence “from a distance”. I was at such a distance from the incident that I was not able to render any assitance when things started going bad. In addition, as one of you rightly pointed out, this whole incident was over in 15 to 20 seconds. Contrary to what most of you presumed, by the time I reached the scene of the incident the man had well and truly disappeared. This is not to say that I would have been of any effective assitance even if I had reached there on time. The man was twice my size. Anyone who’s lived in this part of the world knows how big an average Maori is. This guy had the bulk of Lomu! Surely no-one can assert that I should have ran over as soon as I saw the couple argue? I would not have known that it would result in violence. No-one in his/her right mind would intervene because a couple argues in public.
Now that this issue has been clarified, I would like to turn the table on some of you who so unjustly chastised me.If it was you who witnessed such an incident and you were within the distance to assist the lady, would you really have the balls to confront a man twice your size and in a state of mania? It is all well criticising someone for his/her apparent inaction in such a situation, but when push came to shove would you risk being beaten up within an inch of your life and assist a stranger? My guess is that at least half of you wouldn’t.
No, most aren’t calling you a coward, they’re calling you a hypocrite. You didn’t do a damn thing yet you criticize everyone else for not doing anything either. And I’m sure everyone there has an “excuse” for why they didn’t help: he was too big, he might have a gun, he was too far away, etc, but in the end the truth is you were scared and are just as guilty as everyone else.
Granted, you were too far away to reach them in time - but if you were in a position where you were able to do something, the fact that he was big and Polynesian should be no excuse for not doing something about the situation. If you see someone assaulting another person in a public place someone should at least have the balls to at least get in the middle of it and pull them apart!
I doubt that the woman (and the guy) will attack you just for getting in between them and defusing a potentially violent situation. Even if YOU were attacked, at worst you might end up with some minor injuries but your attackers will have to deal with the law.
It’s interesting…I’ve arrested countless men for domestic violence. The women in most of the cases got the shit kicked out of them are legitimately pissed. But two months later when it goes to trial, they lie and say the guy didn’t touch her and that she made it up. Then they get back together and a few months later they’re calling me back cause they’re getting the shit kicked out of them again. And I’ll continue to go every time and offer my assistance every time but it gets to a point with some women where you almost feel like they ask for it/deserve it. I hate feeling like that because for most battered women that’s not true. But the people I’ve dealt with in my career have been like this.
Maybe you should have used one of those boomerang’s mate.
Cypionate-
Next time read your post before you send it so that you don’t look like a jackass.
And your reply is ridiculous. Just about everyone is going to say that they would have intervened.
Getting involved in a domestic dispute is very dangerous, if you don’t know anyone involved call the cops.
Cyp, you’re probably correct but implied in your answer is that half would help. The old glass is half empty, half full approach to life.
I would follow through with the advice that I have already given in my two previous posts, regardless of the mans size.
I was once in a simalar situation. I was at a party with 7-8 friends and this guy was arguing with this girl (his gf?) ALOT throughout the evening. The way he was screaming in her face and talking down on her already had me and my freinds stink eyeing him. Then I saw him straight up punch her in the face and slam her onto the ground while a friend and I watched through a sliding glass door. I asked my freind if he saw it and he nodded. This dickhead came walking outside and over to the keg, where I was standing. “Fuckin bitches” he said while kinda laughing, “Yeah” I said with a smirk. I walked about 5-6 steps out into his blind spot and planted a size 12 timberland boot with a cross over side kick right into the side of that pricks head. He folded up like a fucking lawn chair and before his body was on the ground for even 10 seconds I garuantee he was hit more times then he had been in his whole life. Best part was NOBODY objected. In fact people were happy we had done it.
As for a guy beating a woman in public? I have to say that Zeb (I think) made some very good points. Maybe he’s got a gun or knife. Maybe when you start lighting him up his girl will slash you with a razor. You just don’t know. Granted it’s easier to say this since I wasn’t there but I think your best bet would have been to try to get a few high-T men on your side. I mean, you couldn’t have been the only guy thinking that was wrong.
Nightclub Shooting Leaves One Dead, Another Under Arrest
Reported Shooter Has Criminal Past
Jeremy Pate
Bay County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested 26-year-old Andrew Sheppard. They say he’s the person responsible for shooting and killing a man outside a Panama City Beach nightclub.
It all started just before 4 a.m. Thursday morning. Witnesses say Andrew Sheppard punched his girlfriend in the face outside of Beach Bunny’s Topless Club.
That’s when the victim and some friends walked out of the club and saw the woman bleeding.
The victim, 25-year-old Christopher Forehand of Callaway, got into an argument with Sheppard.
Witnesses say that’s when Sheppard pulled a gun and shot Forehand in the back of the head. Sheppard and his girlfriend took off in his car after the shooting.
Authorities caught up with him about 10 a.m. Thursday. Sheppard is being held on an open count of murder.
Sheppard’s past includes a conviction for armed robbery. According to court records, Sheppard is on probation for the robbery, which happened back in 2000