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John with today's active self-protection
lesson out of Houston Texas in the
United States here we're going to see an
aggravated robbery and armed robbery of
a man just trying to get home from a
hard day's work our victim is actually
in the silver car at the bottom of the
screen you can see it rocking there as
he's put it in parking all that and our
perps are actually driving by in the car
right now
so you're gonna see them drive on by
while our intended victim here is going
to kind of get his stuff and get himself
out of his vehicle and you can see him
I've sped it up three full time here
just for the sake of time but he spends
a good bit of time kind of you know
getting all of his stuff out of his car
30 40 50 seconds and as he's kind of
getting through that finally he is gonna
glance that way and then walk back
towards his apartment or whatever and
when he does this guy's gonna jump out
and point a gun at him and again the
original says they're still looking for
this guy I'm just gonna shake him down
get all of his stuff out of his hands
his valuables and his car keys and her
victim is gonna exit the scene and now
the the offender here our carjacker is
going to grab get in the car and back it
out of there no one else is around
really saw a couple people around here
but he is now gonna start that car and
steal it and our victim is out his
vehicle his possessions and that friends
is where this one ends bad stuff but I'm
glad the guy was not hurt in this
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out of today's video I want to think
about the incredible importance of
awareness particularly number two we're
going to talk about transitional spaces
and number three when compliance is your
best option
so we really want to think about
transitional spaces and awareness in
them particularly awareness in your
vehicle and I want you to notice and pay
attention to the fact that our victim
here is getting out of his car when you
get out of your car get
to your car your focus tends to be on
the inside of the vehicle and and in all
this time here you notice that our
intended victim is spending a
significant amount of time with this
door open and and again he's about 40
seconds from when he starts getting out
of the car to where he finally kind of
gets away from the car
some one things I want us to be aware of
is the fact that when you are paying
attention inside your vehicle for that
kind of time in a transitional space
like a parking lot that can make you a
larger target or someone that an
intended victimizer might choose as a
victim so and one of the things that I
just highly recommend in awareness in
paying attention to your surroundings is
when you are around your vehicle it's
natural for you to pay attention to
what's inside the vehicle even when
you're getting out because you're
thinking about all your stuff but pay
attention to your surroundings as well
just having an awareness of what's going
on in your world might get you
deselected as a victim and you notice
here as well his hands are full this is
another thing I want us to think about
is I get it man I do this all the time
too when you're coming in from the car
or whatever you know you only want to
make one trip from the grocery store or
whatever and so you've got hands full of
things but that puts you again in a
vulnerable position a lot of times you
have valuables in your hands and that
can signal to people hey look I have
valuable things and I can't defend
myself
so now is a good time to attack me these
signals send you know ideas to predators
and that's when they attack so again
putting that stuff away keeping your
hands as open as you can sometimes good
now think about the transitional space
that is this parking lot we talked about
transitional spaces in a defensive
context not in architectural context as
any place that allows attackers to
attack with an element of surprise and
allows for easy escape and clearly a
parking lot qualifies for that
particularly you know this is an
apartment complex or something like that
so these guys can come in and they're
expected to have cars coming in and out
or whatever but again within awareness
in transitional spaces is this a car
you're familiar with no well maybe
that's something to pay attention to so
I'm gonna see because that might get
that spot now our victim here is just
gonna put his hands up guy comes and
puts a gun in his face if our victim
here was armed with a firearm not the
time to draw it you never draw on the
drop like that when this guy's got a gun
on you you'll never draw a gun fast
enough and in that instance compliance
is probably the right choice here and
any friends I'm never
to tell you the compliance isn't an
option because it is an option and
especially when a guy's got a gun to
your face I don't care what you've got
going on
probably complying is your best bet
especially when your hands are full of
stuff and you can't even practice the
five DS plus one now then he's going to
do just that
good choice here okay man here take all
the stuff here's my car keys here's my
stuff go ahead now I want us to think
for just a second because if our good
guy here if our victim was armed should
or could he have drawn his firearm and
used it here well he was just threatened
with deadly force but we always ask the
question moment by moment was he in
mortal peril here is in this moment he
in danger from this guy well at this
particular moment he might be able to
get away with that and I know somebody's
gonna say but my Texas and saying Texas
you can shoot somebody who's stealing
your car in Texas you can shoot somebody
who is stealing your property in the
night time Texas does have unique laws
in regardless of that unless you
absolutely have to save your life in
that moment you're in immediate danger
of grievous bodily harm or death it's
probably not a good idea to do and in
most places illegal to do probably right
here not gonna be too bad for him but
especially as the guy goes and gets in
the car what our victim does is very
smart here you notice he gets the heck
out of the danger zone as soon as he can
guys eyes are off of him he's not caring
about him anymore he exits and that was
the right choice
reason for that is get to the phone call
9-1-1 give cops a description of the
attacker get a description of your car
let them deal with that and again man
it's gonna be a you know a few hundred
dollars to replace your stuff even if
it's your phone or whatever you know
it's a homeowners insurance claim it's a
car insurance claim whatever but far
less than maybe getting into a gunfight
with somebody so in that moment you
might have been able to but probably not
in most places so I want you to be very
careful there so learn the lessons here
about awareness about compliance in the
right time about making sure that in
those transitional spaces that you are
safe and of course we absolutely deplore
what these guys have done and having
somebody's car stolen is a terrible
thing I've actually had a car stolen so
I know how violating that can feel so
let's learn the lessons here that we
cannot be victimized ourselves and
instead cover our ass
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