08-04-2014, 07:34 AM
At what point does the beating stop when you "just take a beating"? Beat downs are a strange thing and so unpredictable. I've seen people killed with one punch and others just shake it off. Law Enforcement Officers have deadly weapons on them at all times. Firearms are not the only weapons carried that can kill. When an Officer is engaged in any altercation his first objective is to maintain control of his weapons. Once you have presented your weapon, you cannot at any point allow the suspect to gain control of that weapon. You do not have the option of simply "taking a beat down". You are trained that if the suspect gains control of your weapon, he will kill you or others with it and he can never gain control of that weapon. You do not have the right to attack anyone. Not at any point do you have to submit to a beating from anyone. That's like saying "ahh well, that woman should have just let her husband beat on her", wrong wrong wrong. You can take all the beatings you want and maybe you will survive but if you attack me? You will regret that decision for the rest of your life, however long that life is.