So I've been in Law Enforcement for 4 years this month. When I started I found a mentor very early on in my career. Over the years he has given me a lot of good advice and told me what to expect as my career progressed.
About the second day out of training he told me "If you stay in this business long it's gonna happen one day. You're going to be in a knock-down drag out fight for your life and when it happens just don't lose."
Well this past week that happened. An inmate walked up and told me he was going to beat my ass literally. Well in 4 years this has happened a lot. There's always some new guy that wants to test me. I have a reputation being an officer who takes care of the inmates but is always ready to fight and always prepared.
I stood up to make my rounds and he grabbed me around the waist and picked me up. I weight 250 pounds and am a pretty decent fighter but there's nothing you can do when someone grabs you around the waist. He then threw me down and smacked my head against the concrete.
I felt us falling and I braced but the lights went out for just a split second.
My head hit the floor and I had the thought "You're on the ground. You own the ground! End this!"
He was behind me trying to get me in a choke hold I broke the hold and tried to reach my OC spray.
I then realized that he had somehow gotten my belt off. I grabbed for my spray and finally found it I brought it up to spray him knowing that it would spray both of us. I closed my eyes and squeezed the instant I squeezed I felt him grab my hand and break the can I was holding.
A couple of seconds later as I was coming up with a new plan while fighting off another choke hold. Another officer had seen it on camera which was good because I hadn't been able to make the "man-down" call. He came in and tased the guy
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