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#025 Johnny “The Hero of Olde Town Arvada” Hurley

On June 21, 2021 Johnny Hurley found himself in a dicey situation. Fortunately, Hurley had prepared for just such a scenario. And while others were fleeing or hiding, Hurley acted heroically.  Each of us can be a hero. https://dutytoprotect.net Related Links:

#024 Good Samaritan Stories #12 

Multiple armed neighbors assist shot man during gunfight in Reno, NV; UPS driver Brian Walters saves drowned girl in Soup Lake, WA; restaurant-goer tends to gunshot victim in Orlando, FL — details on these and other instances of individuals who acted heroically in this installment of Good Samaritan Stories. Call them protectors. Call them good …

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#022 Good Samaritan Stories #11 

Armed customers step-up to thwart robber in Georgia, John Gelinne and son rescue downed pilot Steve Couchman in Maryland, man saves children from burning home in Michigan — details on these and other instances of individuals who acted heroically in this installment of Good Samaritan Stories. Call them protectors. Call them good samaritans. They inspire …

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#018 Good Samaritan Stories #9

An armed employee stops further bloodshed at Amazon facility in Arizona, a woman valiantly fends off armed car-jackers in Nevada, and neighbors step-up to thwart an assault in New Jersey — details on these and other instances of individuals who acted heroically in this installment of Good Samaritan Stories. Call them protectors. Call them good …

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A Conversation with The Free Thought Project’s Jason Bassler and Matt Agorist

Recently I had the opportunity to introduce Duty To Protect to listeners of The Free Thought Project podcast. That conversation can be heard below or via their site: Podcast – Pete Eyre – A Duty To Protect And Where Police Accountability Must Go Next Overall, I really enjoyed this conversation and think Jason, Matt and …

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011 Jason Bassler: Acknowledge Problem, Self-Educate, Plant Seeds

Our guest this week is Jason Bassler, co-founder of The Free Thought Project and founder of Police The Police. A self-described activist, anarchist, and abolitionist, he is thoughtful and eloquent. His strike-the-root message is not just accessible it is empowering.  In this conversation Jason delves first into the omnipresent conditioning to which most of us …

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#008 Good Samaritan Stories #4

A man in Georgia heroically frees a family from a vehicle moments before it gets struck by a train, a teenager in New York makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his sister, an anonymous neighbor in Michigan stops a violent killer — details on these and other instances of individuals who saw something amiss and …

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#007 Urban Combatives Basics

If you love something you’ll protect it. In this episode we present a bit of the basics of physical protection, largely inspired by the practical, effective input of Lee Morrison and Urban Combatives. If you face a violent threat and cannot escape, or are coming to the aid of another person what do you do? Use …

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#006 Good Samaritan Stories #3

In Kentucky a teenager aids a stranger who had been shot, in Massachusetts a neighbor rescues children from a burning building, in Australia a woman resuscitates a drowned child using CPR. Details on these stories and other instances of individuals who see something amiss and choose to step-up and make the situation better in this …

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