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Originally Posted by cardsharkk04
There seem to be better ways to deescalate situations like this, usually like you know verbally confronting the guy first, which generally works, especially in a public setting.
It seems like someone with high level martial arts skills should only be using them as a last resort, which doesn't appear like it was the case here. Also, what if Michael cold cocked the guy in the head and KO'ed him instead? That also deescalates the situation with no risk to himself. Is that still fine?
I mean I'm not upset a scumbag POS got choked out, but calling him a hero? I dunno. If some normal random dude verbally confronts the perp and the perp backs off and chills out is he a hero also?
I can't disagree that talking it out would be a better first step in the majority of instances, but according to the account, the BF was already in the process of choking her when Mike decided to jump in.
Sure, we can all draw up the perfect, optimal response in retrospect (and from a distance). Given the spur-of-the-moment nature of this, though, I think Mike was just fine.
Weird situation, no matter how you look at it. Once Mike was choking out the BF, you hear the GF yelling "Stop! Stop! Let him go!" in the video. Wait, so did she
want to get choked out?