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To: Mad Mammoth

I've personally had what's known as the "sleeper hold" used on me.
Within seconds, you start to black out.
Within minutes, your brain starves for oxygen.
It's not even a "violent" tactic....you just press the arteries on either side of the neck.
It can be done with just one arm if the arm is used to make a v-shaped "vise grip" on the victim's neck. [that's what I got]
You have no chance to struggle or squirm, it affects you -that- fast.

I was lucky.
I think Terri wasn't.
I also think he thought he'd held her "long enough" since she went into cardiac arrest.

Done "properly" it leaves no evidence of external or internal damage.

There's a line in a Jethro Tull song;

"They know how to hurt and leave no mark".

Indeed.



24 posted on 03/21/2005 6:30:44 PM PST by Salamander
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To: Salamander

Me too. I verify exactly what you said. The "knock out" only becomes known to you as you wake up from it.

It's a great way to end a fight.


313 posted on 03/22/2005 5:55:13 PM PST by SURI
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