Ambush
Bogus 911 call from suspect lured Mpls. park police into
ambush
Article by: PAUL WALSH , Star Tribune Updated: August 22,
2012 - 10:00 PM
A bogus 911 call Tuesday night lured two Minneapolis park
police officers to Minnehaha Creek, where the man who made the call allegedly
stabbed the officers before one shot and wounded him.
When investigators interviewed the suspect, Marsenior P.
Johnson, 38, he admitted that he called 911 and faked that he'd been robbed
because he wanted to draw police in order to attack them. No motive for the
scheme was immediately clear, said a police spokesman.
Johnson, of Minneapolis ,
whose criminal history includes convictions for domestic assault and theft, is
currently under guard at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), and it was
expected that he would be booked into jail on suspicion of felony second-degree
assault when he is ready to be moved. He had not been formally charged
Wednesday.
According to police:
Just after 11:20 p.m., two park police officers -- one male,
one female -- were dispatched to Minnehaha
Parkway at Bryant Avenue S. The caller said he had
been robbed at knifepoint by multiple suspects.
The officers encountered Johnson at the intersection shortly
before 11:45 p.m., thinking he was a robbery victim.
Johnson then stabbed the male officer in the chest with a
knife, but "the officer's life was saved by his body armor, which
prevented the knife from penetrating," Minneapolis police said in a statement.
Johnson then stabbed the female officer in the upper back.
She also suffered a serious cut to her head when she fell to the street. Her
partner then shot Johnson, ending his attack.
Man charged with stabbing two Minneapolis park police officers
A criminal complaint says a 38-year-old man charged in the
stabbing of two Minneapolis
park police officers told authorities: “I wanted to hurt some cops.”
By: Associated Press report, Associated Press
Marsenior Johnson was charged Thursday with two counts of
attempted second-degree murder. The complaint says he attacked two Minneapolis park police
officers Tuesday — luring them into an ambush with a bogus 911 call.
The Star Tribune reported that Johnson stabbed Officer James
Huber, but hit Huber's protective vest. The charges say Johnson then stabbed
Officer Katherine Hammes in the back of the neck and was about to stab her
again when Huber shot him three times.
Hammes suffered a stab wound and a concussion. Both officers
are on standard leave.
Johnson is being treated for gunshot wounds at the hospital
The reason I posted this news article is because it happened
in my own “back yard” and because it highlights some concepts I’ve been writing
about lately.
Any time I analyze the actions of an other officer, remember
I am not second guessing them, I am trying to learn from their experience.
Also remember how I define a win
- You and your partners go home – [Both officers are on standard leave.]
- Bad guy goes to:
- Jail
- Hospital - [Johnson is being treated for gunshot wounds at the hospital
- Moure
- You don’t get sued…..successfully
Looks like a win to me.
Obviously the down side being that the Officers were injured. That’s is where we can learn from their
experience
“I wanted to hurt some cops.”
Johnson was seeking pleasure from the crime. By definition that makes him a process predator.
Asocial violence does not see the victim as a person but
rather a resource (a different species to be hunted). By the time you face a predator attack you
must understand that the predator has decided what ever you have (or the attack
itself) is more important than you. Who
you are carries no more emotional weight than the wrapper a hamburger came in.
A predator will use tactics he has developed to get what he
wants from you in the safest surest manor.
This is in no way a “fair fight”.
The predator will take every advantage using speed, surprise and
ferocity to prevent you from responding in any way that could be effective in
stopping him.
Predator Types
- Resource
A resource predator wants something you have and will use
violence to take it from you
A resource predator situation can be resolved by giving up
what you have Car , Purse Wallet
(Are they worth dying for?)
- Process
For the process predator, the act of violence is the reason
itself. The Crime is the goal
Requires time and privacy to “enjoy” the process / act of
violence
Will attempt to isolate victim
Home Invasion (comes to you)
Secondary Crime scene (takes you someplace somewhere else)
Do whatever is necessary to end the situation
If not it will likely escalate
into rape, torture, murder
In the case of the news article luring the Police to an
isolated area with a fake 911 call
Predator Strategies
- Charm
The predator will use social skills to get the victim into a
vulnerable position
A skilled Charm predator will set it up so that every step
into his trap is one that the victim not only chose but that she believes that
she initiated
Once control has been accomplished the predator will change
to blitz tactics especially intimidation
- Blitz
Blitz will use speed power and position to take control and
eliminate resistance
Blitz can also use intimidation to establish psychological
control
Intimidation is preferred to violence. He is a predator but Man is the deadliest
prey. Any attempt at violence puts the
predator at risk of injury as well
Crimes that result in injury also carry heavier jail
times. For the resource predator
violence is his job. He knows the stakes
Johnson used social skills to get the victim into a
vulnerable position. He pretended to be
the victim of an armed robbery. He set
the Officers up so that every step into his trap was one that they not only
chose but believed they initiated.
Once he had them in an isolated area with their guard down
he switched to blitz tactics and “hurt some cops”.
This brings me back to my previous blog, about operationally
adapting a predator mindset. Some
construed the last blog as indicating that sport arts are worthless for self
protection. That misses the entire point
of the blog. The blog was about how
Lise, after over 20 years of martial arts training, the last 7 of which have
been with me, can finally “kill me” on a consistent basis.
What I discovered didn’t have much to do with physical skill
but with adapting that predator mind set.
Her movement has to be much more efficient than those of a large male
attacker. Adopting a predatory mindset
helped her to see that and stop trying to out wrestle people twice her size.
The word predator has a very negative connotation to many,
but predatory skills are just tools.
Like any tools they can be used to good or ill.
For the example of this article I would go so far as to say
that where your physical skill set comes from (sport arts, traditional arts,
combatives, what ever) is irrelevant.
Your mind set is much more important.
Its is very difficult to switch from customer service
“officer friendly” mode to lethal force close quarters combat mode in time to
do anything useful.
It was very hard for the Officers in the article to switch
from helping a victim to ending an assault in time to prevent being
assaulted. No physical technique is fast
enough. No martial athlete is fast
enough. That is why ambush attacks have
been so successful through out history.
It is much easier to start at lethal force and down shift
into officer friendly. This is what I
have called being a Werewolf in previous blogs.
What I mean by this is adapting that predator mind set and not only
assuming that lethal force will be necessary but actively stacking the deck to
be able to use lethal force efficiently.
This naturally elevates your level of awareness, and sends off
subconscious “not to be fucked with vibes”.
However, as I mentioned in the how to become a werewolf post http://practicalbudo.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-become-werewolf-and-other-lies.html,
those same vibe can also spook the shit out of some
people. They might not know why but they may feel the need to fight. Turning a maybe person into a no
person.
So, this is where an Operator uses other predator
strategies - charm tactics.
The predator will use social skills to get the victim into a
vulnerable position
A skilled Charm predator will set it up so that every step
into his trap is one that the victim not only chose but that she believes that
she initiated
Being a Werewolf is stacking the deck to be able to use
lethal force efficiently while saying the things “officer friendly” needs to
say. Sending the don’t fuck with me vibe
without scaring them into fight or flight, and being pleasantly surprised when
you don’t have to kill or maim anyone.
This mindset and the ability to use justified lethal force
efficiently is what allows Lise to “kill me”.
Nothing in her sport, or traditional back ground gets it done
For the Werewolf to work you have to actively practice it,
you can’t just pay it lip service.
Good news is you can practice it anywhere and it won’t cost
you anything.
Here is how:
With everyone you encounter today I want you to work your
self into at least a “1 position” extra credit for 2 and 2 ½.
Actively plan how (not if you could) you would take them
out.
So for ladies grossly out sized that includes using a ball
point pen to rip the femoral artery in his thigh.
Just working that out will help break fair fight
mentalities, and help alleviate the natural fear of fighting a large man.
You don’t
fight large men you kill them.
No matter how big and bad they are, they are just 6 quarts
of blood in a skin sack – not nearly as scary.
At the same time you can’t spook them off or give yourself away,
so practice being extra polite
Learning how to “hunt” like this will teach you what
predators need to do to close on you as well
So, the second part of the drill is to assume everyone you
come in contact with today is trying to kill you.
You need to position yourself to make this as difficult as
possible for them
And again you can’t let them know you are on to them – so
practice being extra polite, practice being normal.
Have fun, and remember if you or any of your team are
discovered the commissioner will disavow any knowledge of your assignment.
I hope because this drill is fun, and free, it will become a
habit and help make predator mind set natural.
I believe this predator mindset will help you prevail against an ambush
far more than any physical counter ambush technique. No matter what art or style that technique
comes from.
Train hard, Train smart, Be safe
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