{"id":100838,"date":"2020-06-12T15:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T19:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=100838"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:36:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T19:36:31","slug":"when-a-police-officer-tried-to-choke-a-navy-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=100838","title":{"rendered":"When a Police Officer Tried to Choke a Navy SEAL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brandon Webb, pictured above in the middle,\u00a0 is a former U.S. Navy SEAL Sniper. He finished his time in the Navy as the Naval Special Warfare Sniper Course Manager.\u00a0 He is a New York Times bestselling author.<\/p>\n

In an article for SOFREP<\/a>, Brandon recounts the time that a police officer put him in a chokehold.<\/p>\n

A POLICE OFFICER TRIES TO CHOKE A NAVY SEAL, DOESN\u2019T GO SO WELL\u2026<\/a><\/h4>\n

(There is a lot leading up to the story, but Webb had not been drinking and claims he merely asked why the police were grabbing his girlfriend by the arm.\u00a0 That’s when it all started.)<\/em><\/p>\n

We heard screaming and saw flashes of light coming from Sheriff deputies who were grabbing my girlfriend by the arm and hauling her off. I ran over to ask the deputy what the problem was, and the first thing out of his mouth to defuse the situation was, \u201cThis doesn\u2019t fucking concern you pal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Think about that for a moment.<\/p>\n

I started to explain that we were together and I wanted to know why they were so aggressive with her. As I started to ask, \u201cwhere are you taking her,\u201d I got jumped from behind by another deputy who tried to put me in a chokehold!<\/p>\n

How is this defusing the situation?<\/p>\n

I wish I could tell you I pulled some crazy SEAL ninja move, but I hadn\u2019t had any real fight training yet, and it was actually my instinct as a search and rescue swimmer that kicked in.<\/p>\n

I applied underarm pressure to his elbow pressure point, spun out of the hold (a move used to recover from drowning victims grasping at you from behind), and gave him, \u201cThe Rock\u201d elbow to the face. He went down with a blood fountain for a nose spurting everywhere. That\u2019s when things got bad for me.<\/p>\n

I turned around and saw about 10+ deputies coming for me. I complied but that didn\u2019t matter. They dogpiled me and started the good ole fashioned cop beat down we\u2019ve seen so many times on social media.<\/p>\n

I remember them trying to club me with their batons. Instead, in the turmoil, they kept hitting each other amid cries from their fellow deputies to stop wildly swinging the clubs. They did beat the shit out of me eventually but most of them got it just as good, some justice served I thought to myself.<\/p>\n

So to recap: I, sober as a Mormon, a citizen in good standing, Navy SEAL, a homeowner in San Diego, and city taxpayer was, at first contact, insulted by a deputy for asking a simple question. Then jumped from behind and put into a half-ass chokehold.<\/p>\n

It gets worse.<\/p>\n

After they cuffed me, I was repeatedly taunted, insulted, and was told that my career in the Navy was over. Lucky for me I kept my mouth shut.<\/p>\n

I was shocked at the level of unprofessionalism exhibited by them all. Not once did anyone encourage another officer to calm down: they just egged each other on. This is bad cultural signaling. Imagine a rookie on the job who\u2019s just had bad behavior modeled for him.<\/p>\n

Then I noticed that the officers\u2019 supervisor started to get worried because my friends had seen the whole incident and were starting to ask questions. Next thing you know, they quickly put me in the car and we headed downtown for prints, a mug shot, and a pair of blue SDPD jumpers. My girlfriend was just cited and fined.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll tell you this, putting on that blue prison jumper is humbling and strips you of all your identity. You\u2019re just another shit bag inmate at that point.<\/p>\n

The only bright side to my couple days in lock-up is that no inmates fuck with someone who beat up a cop! However, the guards were not so kind, and I got plenty of reminders that I\u2019d get a prolonged experience if they had any more trouble out of me. Not to mention my first brown bag meals had bites taken out of the sandwiches. If there are any hippies reading this, there are NO vegan options in jail FYI.<\/p>\n

The incident ended up costing me an E-5 in the Navy and tens of thousands in legal fees. It took me four years to clear my record, and some anger management counseling to finally let it go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure there are many takeaways from this – on all sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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