http://www.krdo.com/news/man-carjacked-by-pair-after-offering-them-a-ride/36073176
There was a car jacking in Colorado Springs yesterday. I don't have any more details than what's in the article but by understanding is the car jackers approached the victim, talked him into giving them a ride and when they got where they were going pulled a gun and took the car.
I know that most of the people reading this are thinking the same thing I was thinking when I read it "I never would have let them in the car in the first place." but I suspect that the car jackers approached the guy with the intent of car jacking him and had he turned them down they just would have taken the car then and there.
So even though part of our training is (or should be) avoiding the encounter in the first place there may come a day when we simply can't.
So my question is this.
In a situation like this, where someone approaches you in a public place where they have every right to be and asks you a question (however inappropriate) they have every right to ask. How do you (for lack of better term) deescalate the situation with you becoming the aggressor yourself.
There was a car jacking in Colorado Springs yesterday. I don't have any more details than what's in the article but by understanding is the car jackers approached the victim, talked him into giving them a ride and when they got where they were going pulled a gun and took the car.
I know that most of the people reading this are thinking the same thing I was thinking when I read it "I never would have let them in the car in the first place." but I suspect that the car jackers approached the guy with the intent of car jacking him and had he turned them down they just would have taken the car then and there.
So even though part of our training is (or should be) avoiding the encounter in the first place there may come a day when we simply can't.
So my question is this.
In a situation like this, where someone approaches you in a public place where they have every right to be and asks you a question (however inappropriate) they have every right to ask. How do you (for lack of better term) deescalate the situation with you becoming the aggressor yourself.