I hope you've fully recovered from the attack. That sounds awful.

And the picture you paint is a really sobering one, or should be, to anyone who just says, "Well, don't resist!"

Sure, maybe it's good advice in principle (statisics say: yes, it is, if common sense is not enough of a guide), but is everyone going to follow it all the time? Of course not. It's still an invitation to tragedy. It's a matter of survival to face a mountain lion rather than run from it--they're ambush predators, so even though they can probably take you anyway, they're way less comfortable trying if you face them. But people still run, because survival instincts suggest exactly the wrong thing.

What is the solution?

In the long run, we can aim for a comprehensive reform of the entire criminal justice system, where policing is peaceful and cooperative to every possible extent, not militaristic and adversarial; where trials are rapid and based upon ascertaining the truth not contests where deep pockets determine whether you "win"; and where convictions trigger a predominantly restorative rather than retributive process.

Is there anything to do in the meantime? Or do we just approach these reforms with great urgency, as if lives hang in the balance...because they do?