Anonymous
From the IMPACT Archives
Between classes 3 and 4 (a
once/week course), I was attacked by three youths and one of them pulled a
knife on me. I knocked them all out.
The attack
occurred in an isolated parking area behind a building. I was taking the back
way in to visit my aunt. I had driven in, parked, and then gotten out of my car
when they confronted me. If I had been alone, maybe I could have just gotten
back into my car and driven off. Unfortunately, my toddler was also out, and I
had an infant in my arms, still in his car carrier. My dog was still in the
car.
You have to drive
into this courtyard and turn around to park. This puts the passenger side of
the car next to the building. The building entrance is then right in front of
the car, up a few steps, and beyond that there is a dumpster in an angle of the
wall. The area near the entrance and the dumpster is completely hidden from the
street.
The boys were
probably smoking pot or crack or something back between the dumpster and the
building. They were big boys, about 18 years old, six feet tall plus or minus
an inch or two and slender. After I parked and got out with the kids, they came
out and confronted me.
The first one said
something like, “Hey bitch, suck my cock.” “Okay, I’ll do anything you want,
just don’t hurt the baby.” I shooed the toddler toward the back of the
courtyard and got on my knees. This gave me a chance to tuck the baby, still in
his carrier, under the front corner of the car.
Number one,
meanwhile, unzipped and got his genitals out of his pants. Two and three were
still behind him. When he got close, I dropped onto my side and kicked him
twice in the groin. I could feel tissue shattering, maybe tearing on his
zipper. He fell at the front left corner of the car, unconscious from the
shock.
Number two knew
that I had done something to number one but he couldn’t really see what. He
came around and shouted at me, “What the fuck did you do to my friend? I’m
going to throw your baby in the dumpster.” I had started to get up, but as
number two reach down for the baby, I dropped onto my side again and kicked him
in the ear. Now his head was trapped on the corner of the car at the bumper. I kicked
him three or four times. Now he was out.
This jostled my
car and set off the alarm. My dog was already barking and this set him into a
frenzy. Somehow, he managed to squeeze out of a partially open window. Then he
set about barking at and harassing the third attacker. Number three had pulled out a switch blade,
but instead of going after me he bent over, trying to slash at my dog. I saw my
chance and took it. I got up and charged him and kneed him in the head. His
head rebounded into a metal rail at the entrance. So he was out, too.
I collected the
baby, the toddler, and the dog and got them all back into the car. A few blocks
away I stopped to call the police, saying that there had been a fight, and they
should send an ambulance. I didn’t identify myself.
It took me a while
to process this incident. I had mixed feelings about the damage I had done to
these boys. Two were certainly seriously injured and the third may have been as
well. Finally, I accepted that I had only done what was truly necessary in the
situation to protect my kids, my dog, and myself.
This is a question for an instructor. If an assailant has been knocked out with a crushed and bleeding nose (typical scenario) and is lying on his back, won't he drown in blood? If all the assailants are out wouldn't it be advisable to roll the assailants to prevent them from aspiring?
ReplyDeleteFrom IMPACT instructor Mark: This is really a question for someone with a medical trauma background. Anecdotally, I've never heard of that happening. I think it's possible to have enough blood running down the back of the throat that someone might choke and cough. Enough to prevent so much breathing as to cause asphyxiation? I doubt it. Broken noses swell quite a bit, and actually don't bleed that much as a result, at least that's been my experience the nine times it's happened to me.
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