A 3rd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu took down an alleged thief at a 7-11 store after the suspect assaulted a clerk.
It happened in Chicago’s North Side.
Idriz Redzovic, who owns the Supreme Academy of Jiu-Jitsu, captured much of the incident while displaying his ground fighting prowess on Facebook Live.
"Last Thursday night, Redzovic went to 7-Eleven on Ashland and Lawrence to buy Slurpees for his kids. That’s when he noticed a man harassing people outside.
"He comes up to me and says, ‘what are you looking at?,’" said Redzovic. "In my training I tell people to take a step back, hands up, don’t engage unless you feel safe."
Redzovic says he continued to watch the man, who eventually went inside the store. That’s when he witnessed the suspect attacking an employee. In that moment, Redzovic says his instincts took over.
"Once I saw him actually connect and hit the employee in his head, I jumped in, grabbed him like I do in training here, put him down, flattened him like a pancake and then I tied him up like a pretzel in a position called ‘Gift Wrap’ or ‘Twisting Arm Control,’" said Redzovic.
For 18 minutes Redzovic live-streamed the ordeal, keeping the man on the ground until Chicago police arrived…
When police arrived, they arrested the suspect.
Christopher Cruz, 30, is now charged with two misdemeanor counts of retail theft and battery."
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