[Legal Disclaimer: I don't advocate ANYONE doing ANYTHING legal or otherwise]
A friend of mine who is a local law enforcement officer told me once, "If I was alone and no one was around and someone tried to kill me, I would do them on the spot and walk..."
Now, as I always say, you have to
survive the incident in order to get to the Courtroom.
I'm not advocating lawlessness, I'm commenting on Survival. Let me go back and copy and paste something I said just a couple of days ago in "Practical Tactical."
"I try to keep a can of O.C. in the Car. This message will Self-destruct in 7 days...if they kick your car and no one is looking, you fog them and then if a stink is raised, you lie. Simple as that.
"He kicked the car then threw a punch at me and I used the Pepper Spray."
Do you lie to be a prick or a cretin? Of course not, you lie because of the way The System is. If the guy is stupid, crazy or violent enough to kick your car, then he is capable of something else on a personal level, meaning, stomping your guts out, etc.
American Courts do not recognize the Preemptive Strike as Legitimate Self-defense. When you told him you were not going to give him any money, he should have left. Period. That's a peaceful "Panhandler." This guy was a Rock Monster looking for Crack Money.
The System forces you to lie to Protect Yourself, because The System is absurd.
Should you have been snotty? Maybe not. Maybe you were not really snotty at all considering the Element you were dealing with.
Just like if you know you are going to get hit, because the person has told you he is going to kick your ass. Hit him first. Beware of Witnesses. That's Survival, it is so easy for some Police Officer, Prosecutor, Judge or Jury to sit in Judgment of a person after the fact, because in the safety of a Court Room, everything is just rosey and the Dirtbag is cleaned up and well-dressed [in most cases] and everything has changed. Everything changes then and you get nailed to the cross for defending yourself.
Be as dirty, filthy, stinking rotten as they can be. And be as Judgmental as the Authorities are. You just be Judgmental to the attacker. The System passes Judgment on you, why not you them?
That's the nature of things right now. Sad state of affairs.
I did not say, maim him, shoot, cut, stab, beat or run him over. Pepper is a wonderful thing...
Always be aware that you have to Survive in order to get to The Courtroom to begin with...another reality lost on the clueless running The System."
Now, I have seen well-meaning LEOs on these Forums state that, "Flight equals guilt."
That's a crock of shit. Flight equals flight.
Let's talk about something in The Real World...let us ignore "The System" for a moment. Let's assume that "The System" is cool and would not come after you for defending yourself...
Why run?
Immediately exit the area because you do not know if there are multiple attackers, the person's "friends and associates." Danger.
If you hang around, you're liable to be attacked again.
If you hang around until law enforcement arrives, as far as the Police are concerned, you're standing over someone really tore up or dead and YOU'RE the THREAT to THEM NOW. Bad situation. Best to leave.
Even if you do want to turn yourself in, do it elsewhere, preferably with your Attorney Present when you do so.
If you feel the need to turn yourself in, use a payphone and call the Police and tell them you were attacked and defended yourself and that you will be coming in with your Attorney and NOTHING ELSE. Immediately leave that area as well...
Two days after your information is provided to Law Enforcement, every one of that person's family, friends and "associates" are going to know your name and where you live. Count on it.
I'm
NOT saying, "Be a Vigilante," or anything like that, that is lying in wait for someone, I'm talking about someone trying to cut your throat and you defend yourself.
A Prosecutor will Sacrifice your ass on The Altar of Career Advancement in a HEARTBEAT.
Your Attorney will take your house defending you unless you are wealthy.
If you are successful in defending yourself criminally, the person that attacked you, or his family are going to have a shot at what is left of your belongings and paycheck in a Civil Suit.
In order to defend yourself against that, you give up the rest of your belongings and go into extreme debt to hire your Attorney to once again, defend you.
I know it sounds harsh, but it is reality and reality is often harsh.
I've also heard, "Well, we'll know who you are and we will have the SWAT Team at your house."
Yeah...OK...run a make on the guy laying in the street, check his pockets, and then do a blood toxicology on him and then come back and tell me who you are looking for from the evidence at the site.
When this screwy System respects the Rights of Individuals without attempting and in some cases succeeding at ruining them, I'll play by that set of rules.
As long as it remains hostile to my Civil Rights, I will, whenever possible, try to remain anonymous.
In other words, I'm paying to be oppressed... But I digress.