[STRTSMRT] “Friendliness in the ‘hood’ is a cloak for malicious intent…

  Concise, highly specific intel “streetcraft” series about practical street smart skills, urban guidelines, concepts and methodologies for covert operatives and civilians in the form of proverbs and quick tips.

    When navigating through high-risk neighborhoods, encountering individuals who display an unusual level of friendliness should set off your internal alarm. You’re operating in an area where undue kindness often serves as a cloak for malicious intent. Civilians call it a “gut feeling“, we call it “reading the operational environment“.

    Friendliness can be a calculated strategy to lower your guard, making it easier for these individuals to exploit you in various ways — be it robbery, assault, or moving you to a more secluded second location, which drastically increases the risk variables you’ll have to contend with.