At no point in time did I want to hurt this person, I should have made that clear. All I wanted to do was restrain him and prevent myself from being hurt. When he decided to struggle and fight (and fight dirty as he went for my nuts, then throat and finally my eyes), it was only then that I used enough force to incapacitate him. Nobody should openly be looking to cause another person harm in any circumstance.

Again, I entered into this expecting the worst and had I not thought that he had something under his coat, the entire thing could have turned out way different. In 5 seconds he went from nothing in his hands (as I had been watching them while I was running after him) to me being launched through the air and taking him to the ground and pinning both him and each arm. By the time he hit the ground, the knife was in his left hand.

The bad news is that he pleaded out for the theft charge and the Crown dropped the assault charge. 30 days and that is all he gets for a repeat offender. (and a banged up face from some 2 nice KO punches + a little pavement grind).

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Forbidden Audio Ltd. (1995)
Rob Atkinson

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