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PROTECT
YOURSELF CAN
BE KEY TO
STAYING SAFE ON
THE STREETS
AND IN YOUR
HOME.
COURSES ARE
BECOMING MORE
AND MORE
POPULAR AMONG
WOMEN AND MEN
ALIKE.
LENA TILLETT
JOINS US LIVE --
WITH SOME TIPS
ON HOW TO
PROTECT
YOURSELF --
DAVE AND
SERESE --
WHEN
DISCUSSING
***
VIOLENCE --
EXPERTS SAY --
IT'S CRITICAL
NEVER TO BLAME
THE VICTIM --
AND TELL THEM
WHAT THEY
SHOULD OR
SHOULD NOT
HAVE DONE --
I SAT DOWN WITH
LLOYD MCWHIRT
-- WHO HAS A
SELF-DEFENSE
CLASS AT THE
AIKIDO SHUURIN
DOJO -- AND HE
SAYS -- THERE
ARE SOME WAYS
WOMEN CAN
PROTECT
THEMSELVES --
WHEN GOING
OUT IN THE
WORLD -- AND
THE KEY PART IS
BEING AWARE
1
NOT WALKING
WITH
HEADPHONES ON
-- ESPECIALLY IN
A PLACE WHERE
YOU ARE NOT
FAMILIAR --
2
TRY TO AVOID
TEXTING AND
LOOKING DOWN
WHILE WALKING
-- OR TALKING ON
THE PHONE --
AND AGAIN -- NOT
CHECKING YOUR
SURROUNDINGS
--
3
IF YOU'RE ABOUT
TO LEAVE YOUR
HOUSE,
APARTMENT OR
CAR -- TAKE A
LOOK AROUND
BEFORE YOU
BEGIN TO WALK --
4
TRY TO HAVE ON
GOOD SHOES --
SO EVEN IF YOU
GO OUT ON THE
TOWN WITH
FRIENDS -- BRING
AN EXTRA PAIR
OF SHOES AND
SIDELINE THE
SKY-HIGH HEELS
5
IF IT'S A LATE
NIGHT -- TRY TO
WALK TO YOUR
CAR OR INTO
YOUR HOUSE
WITH A FRIEND --
6
AND FINALLY --
WHILE WALKING
-- HOLD YOUR
CAR IN BETWEEN
YOUR FINGERS --
COMING UP AT 6:
MCWHIRT
BREAKS DOWN
WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT TO
DO THIS LAST TIP
IF YOU ARE
BEING ATTACKED
--
DAVE AND
SERESE