We had an incident in my area that is somewhat on this subject, or at least the subject it has veered into. A Idaho state trooper got into a knock down drag out tussle with a guy he had pulled over, right in front of a busy mini-mart, and at one point, it was reported, the guy was trying to extract the trooper's weapon out of his holster. Three young bucks jumped in and helped out the trooper regain control until the guy was cuffed. I was struck by the trooper's telling of the story, he more or less made it clear he was getting his butt kicked, and these unqualified and untrained locals saved his ass. It could have turned out differently, but in this case anyway, rather then call 911 and watch, these guys jumped in to help and probably saved the day. It could have also turned into a horror show, with lawyers being the only winners. I guess we all have to go with our gut instincts at the time "it" happens. Whipping out my phone to start videoing an incident of any kind would not be my first thought, but that's probably a generational thing, I still can't believe I have a camera in my phone, much less a video camera.
