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<blockquote data-quote="jarhead983" data-source="post: 1509536" data-attributes="member: 7129"><p>No sir, I wasn't critiquing the statement, it was the first one I saw when I went back to find a comment on escalation. I agree that everyone knows by body language when things escalate, but few have experience in this type of situation where adreneline is coursing through everyones system at a higher rate than if we were just dealing with someone who wanted to fight. My point, albeit poorly expressed, was that we can't always know when the perp will start shooting, even with normal body language. Yes it will be true in most cases that we can tell, but a sociopath won't show these signs. I have dealt with a few when in the service. I've seen a prisoner who was talking with his lawyer outside a court room just as calmly as you will, grab the lawyers ink pen and drive it into a guards chest. He turned to the lawyer and said, 'sorry about your pen. I guess they will have to add that to the charges.' Never made another violent move, even when the 5 Marines came through the door and tackled him. Just had this amused look on his face. I never understood the description of dead eyes until that day. Afterwards, I began to look at everyones eyes, what you can learn is amazing, but for some, you won't know until the deed is done. I don't think I could wait until I could see the perp's eyes before I acted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jarhead983, post: 1509536, member: 7129"] No sir, I wasn't critiquing the statement, it was the first one I saw when I went back to find a comment on escalation. I agree that everyone knows by body language when things escalate, but few have experience in this type of situation where adreneline is coursing through everyones system at a higher rate than if we were just dealing with someone who wanted to fight. My point, albeit poorly expressed, was that we can't always know when the perp will start shooting, even with normal body language. Yes it will be true in most cases that we can tell, but a sociopath won't show these signs. I have dealt with a few when in the service. I've seen a prisoner who was talking with his lawyer outside a court room just as calmly as you will, grab the lawyers ink pen and drive it into a guards chest. He turned to the lawyer and said, 'sorry about your pen. I guess they will have to add that to the charges.' Never made another violent move, even when the 5 Marines came through the door and tackled him. Just had this amused look on his face. I never understood the description of dead eyes until that day. Afterwards, I began to look at everyones eyes, what you can learn is amazing, but for some, you won't know until the deed is done. I don't think I could wait until I could see the perp's eyes before I acted. [/QUOTE]
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