I am not one to underestimate the strength of a single young man, and I know it has taken a bunch of male cops to bring down one guy on occasion, but there was something oddly fascinating about watching this process.
I watched and thought one of two things were going to happen. One, they were were going to just fatigue him, then they would put the cuffs on. Second, they were being so damned tentative, surrounding him, herding him, clutching at him, that I thought he was simply going to shed them all and run off.
And the longer it went on, oddly, the less likely I thought they were going to wear him down. (Logic would make it seem the opposite)
After the guy ran off, I compared what I have seen in my life when four male cops grab a suspect. Once the real struggling begins, most encounters I have seen ratchet up instantly, much like a fission reaction that reaches critical mass.
It seemed like those female cops were almost trying to emulate vines that grow over something and immobilize it, and a violent young man in good shape isn’t going to succumb to it.
Human beings can be incredibly strong when they are full of adrenaline, fear, and/or anger. When I was in the Navy, they had an initiation ritual for new guys. At some unexpected point in time, everyone in the shop would set to on one of the rookies, wrestle them to the deck, and smear disgustingly gooey black molybdenum-based grease on them. It was really hard to get off IIRC, you had to use a solvent or something.
Anyway, you were expected to struggle. If you put up a struggle, that was it. They left you alone.
The point is, when you were wrestling with another human being like that you saw what someone who decides to put up a fight (Even a good natured fight) can do to fight off attacks.
Nah. I wouldn’t want to be a cop, male or female getting involved in those things. Kind of like domestic disputes.
LOL — “almost trying to emulate vines that grow over something and immobilize it”
Yep, that describes it.
You were correct in your perception. Being overweight reduces stamina. He would wear them down faster.