Category: Weapon/Implement
WWI German soldier describes the brutality of war
“I felt that the culture we boasted so much about is only a very thin lacquer, which chips off the very moment we come in contact with cruel things like war.”
Stephan Kurt Westmann (23 July 1893 – 7 October 1964) was a German soldier and physician.
In the First World War, Westmann served in the German 29th Infantry Division on the Western and Eastern fronts and then as an Air Force surgeon, although unqualified. Completing his medical studies, he became a professor at the University of Berlin, and in the 1930s migrated to England and became a doctor in Harley Street, Westminster. During the Second World War, he was a British medical officer in Scotland, so that in the two World Wars he served on different sides.
In later life, Westmann appeared on BBC television to talk about the First World War from the German point of view and also wrote his memoirs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Westmann
Teenager stabbed at Sydney Easter Show
A teenager is stabbed with a large knife
Cricket bat disarm and knockout
Bank security guard wins gun fight and prevents robbery with quick reaction
Man stabbed in neck, dies in seconds
UPDATE – weapon was a pair of scissors, not knife:
See article below for information about self defense against knives:
Man charged with murder after alleged stabbing at Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley train station identified
The man accused of stabbing a 24-year-old man near the Fortitude Valley train station on Monday morning has been identified as 20-year-old Seyram Kwami Djentuh.
Cop attempts arrest while surrounded, gets swarmed
Security guard holding baton gets sucker punched
Cop gets knocked out while trying to handcuff in standing position
Handcuffing alone while standing is only feasible if the person is compliant. Handcuffing ranked by difficulty:
- Alone standing <- Extremely difficult
- Alone on ground
- With a partner standing
- With a partner on the ground <- By far, the easiest option!