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Female jogger in Seattle uses self defense tactics to fend off brutal assault

HELP SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT STOPPING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, BUY A T-SHIRT: https://teespring.com/stop-violence-again-women-2017 Days after successfully repelling a brutal attack while out for a run at a park in Seattle, one jogger has gotten her stride back. Kelly Herron, 36, spoke to ABC News about how a day of marathon training turned into a runner’s nightmare situation, and how she countered the attack the moment she said she realized “this doesn’t have to be a fair fight.” Jogger Killings in Mass. and NY Don’t Appear to Be Related, Police Say Lawmakers to Address Slain Jogger Investigation at NYC Church Four miles into what was supposed to be a 10-mile run through the popular Golden Gardens park on Sunday, Herron stopped to use a public restroom. “As I was drying my hands I became aware that something was wrong,” Herron said. When she turned around, she said she saw a man standing in the bathroom. At that point, according to police, Gary Steiner — a 40-year-old registered sex offender in Arizona — assaulted her. “He immediately took me down to the ground, hit both my knees and legs, and then it was a fight on the bathroom floor and I just kept screaming, ‘not today m***** f*****.'” Repeatedly screaming the phrase at him throughout the entirety of the attack, Herron said it became her “battle cry.” Herron recalled that at one point in the agonizing ordeal, she was able to escape from her attacker into a bathroom stall, but was only able to keep him at bay momentarily. “I got into that stall flipped on my back and I tried to kick the door lock shut with my foot,” Herron said. But she missed the lock and jammed the door. Steiner came into the stall from the side and she said “he started beating me in the face with his hand.” Herron said she had a moment of clarity when she realized “this doesn’t have to be a fair fight” and began to scratch his face. “All those little things that I learned in my life…how to punch and everything came back to me,” she said. “I started to feel like I was going to lose consciousness…but I got another surge of adrenaline and I reached for the door and was able to get out.” Herron said a passerby outside of the bathroom had a carabiner on hand that they used to lock Steiner in the bathroom. Herron posted a photo of her bruises and stitches to Instagram as a badge of her brave escape.

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Embla Notits McGee says:

Also, if you can, aim for the nose, eyes, balls or Adam's apple. If they don't have balls or an Adam's apple, a punch in the throat will still do it.

Mary Jane says:

WHITE on WHITE crime! Build a wall and deport these Sunburned Simians and Mayo Monkeys back to Europe.

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Software says:

wow this is stupid

Dizeliun says:

2:15 well NO SHIT you're going to get harassed when running with your ass out like that you fucking dumb sluts

Foxtrot1213 says:

She should go in jail for assaulting a man with excessive self-defense. This is what would have done to her in Europe and specially in Nordic countries.

hairoftehdog says:

I like how neither the media OR the victim are talking about the person who came to her aid, and who helped her 'lock' the creep in the bathroom.

Even on this victim's facebook, she says 'I was able to lock him in the bathroom', completely omitting her rescuer. Whoever they were, THEY were the heros that night, but will never get credit for it. THAT is injustice.

Test9383 says:

Hang that mother*****R. Runner to a runner, we love you and pray for you.

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