{"id":275733,"date":"2023-11-16T07:37:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T07:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=275733"},"modified":"2023-11-18T06:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T06:37:42","slug":"law-enforcers-are-quietly-shifting-the-traditional-concept-of-self-defense-in-favor-of-the-criminals-heres-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=275733","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcers are quietly shifting the traditional concept of self defense in favor of the criminals: Here\u2019s what you need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Leo Hohmann \u2013 leohohmann.com Nov 14, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Let\u2019s break down a crime scene from last week in a major U.S. city that I believe will be very instructional for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>It was a scene that could have taken place in any large city and probably does every day.<\/p>\n<p>A subway rider witnessed a violent mugging of a woman on a subway platform near New York City\u2019s Times Square on Tuesday, November 7, and decided to act.<\/p>\n<p>The woman was physically and violently attacked by a mugger trying to get her purse, a common occurrence in New York City, especially on the public-transit system. As a sidenote, on that same night, November 7, a man was randomly slashed in the face by a knife-wielding attacker at a subway station in the Bronx, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/midtown-subway-shooting-shots-fire-nyc\/14024513\/\"><strong>ABC 7 reports<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the main point of our story.<\/p>\n<p>A 43-year-old male passenger on the subway witnessed the felony-in-progress of a woman being violently mugged by a homeless man. He pulled a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/subway-shooting-midtown-mugging-shots-fired\/14026696\/\"><strong>pistol and fired two warning shots<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the direction of the mugger. Both shots expended themselves harmlessly. No one was hurt.<\/p>\n<p>The mugger immediately fled.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter then calmly walked away but was arrested by NYPD officers a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter has been charged criminally.<\/p>\n<p>The mugger was also arrested, as he has been for similar felonies numerous times before, but he has already been released!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the way the local ABC News affiliate reported the story:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U2SECkHzBsg?si=JU-t8XfuHI1ZeGK-\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>Notice the subtle blame shifting in the comments by law enforcement in the local news coverage presented in the above video. The \u201cbad guy\u201d was not the homeless man who repeatedly mugs vulnerable women. No, it was the Good Samaritan who stepped in to defend the woman.<\/p>\n<p>This is the type of thing we have to be aware of as our cities become more dangerous, and not just big cities but cities of all sizes that are run by leftists and globalists.<\/p>\n<p>Firearms and defensive tactics instructor John Farnam, writing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2023\/11\/firing-a-gun-stops-brutal-subway-robbery-beating\/\"><strong>Ammoland.com<\/strong><\/a>, provided the following lessons to be learned from this incident:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Warning shots are almost always a bad idea and are not recommended.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) In the eyes of most prosecutors, \u201cFlight Equals Guilt<\/strong>.\u201d So even if you think you\u2019re acting as a Good Samaritan, don\u2019t leave the scene, unless you have to for your own safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) In New York City (as in any number of other Democrat-run cities), liberal politicians and prosecutors expect you, indeed require you, to meekly submit to physical attacks by violent felons.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Farnam says any use of force, particularly deadly force, on the part of citizens who are attempting to defend themselves or other innocent parties at the hands of violent felons is always viewed as a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Farnam spelled it out in no uncertain terms, writing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn plain English, Democrat\/Marxists don\u2019t want you protecting yourself from their precious criminals. As a resident, you are required to\u00a0\u2018accept\u2019 violent crime as a condition of living there. You\u2019re expected to be a good (i.e., cooperative) victim. Of course, these same politicians rely on a virtual army of heavily armed, taxpayer-funded bodyguards to protect themselves, so they don\u2019t think violent crime is \u2018a problem\u2019 because, for them, it isn\u2019t. For them, \u2018violent crime\u2019 is nothing more than casual conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This nonchalant attitude toward violent crime on the part of globalist politicians isn\u2019t going to change anytime soon, so we need to adjust our thinking. I\u2019m not saying we should stop being Good Samaritans, but we do need to be aware of our surroundings, practice situational awareness, and keep in mind the politics of the cities we frequent. A Good Samaritan in Newnan, Georgia, may be seen as a criminal in Atlanta or Savannah. Pick a state, and you can plug in cities to show the same dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>Also be aware while you\u2019re driving. There have been many cases lately of random shootings along busy highways. Heading into winter, it\u2019s a good idea to outfit your vehicle with some bottled water, gloves, a warm hat, basic tools, rain gear, jumper cables, a lighter, a sturdy knife, hatchet, and small shovel. If you live in a state where it\u2019s legal, I would also suggest keeping a means of self-defense hidden inside your car.<\/p>\n<p>Farnam advises us to \u201cstay out of New York City, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Austin, Texas; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, et al. Don\u2019t live there, and don\u2019t go there!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I would say that\u2019s very good advice. But I would add that just about any city of 100,000 population or more, and many cities even smaller than that, are likely to be run by globalists with very different values than we are accustomed to seeing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><strong>LeoHohmann.com needs your help: As an independent reporter and analyzer of the news, LeoHohmann.com is 100 percent reader supported and not beholden to any corporate ads or sponsorships, or government grants. If you appreciate my work and would like to support it, you may send a donation of any size c\/o Leo Hohmann, P.O. Box 291, Newnan, GA 30264, or via credit card through GiveSendGo below. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/LeoHohmann\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-175417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2002\/10\/donate-pp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/leohohmann.com\/2023\/11\/14\/law-enforcers-are-quietly-shifting-the-traditional-concept-of-self-defense-in-favor-of-the-criminals-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/#more-16639\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An armed passenger on the New York subway recently intervened to prevent a mugging. Fortunately nobody was hurt but police did arrest the man who intervened, not the mugger! As cities become more dangerous and crime rises we are likely to see more people protecting themselves and their property. Are the police trying to prevent this? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39267,"featured_media":275735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275744,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275733\/revisions\/275744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/275735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}