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  • TheRifleman
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 08-30-12
    • 7284

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    Authorities nationwide probing disturbing trend of 'knockout' attacks on unsuspecting
    pedestrians


    G-d damn out of control worthless Negroes with no parental supervision.



    Authorities across the country are investigating whether recent random and unsettling attacks on pedestrians are part of a game called "knockout" — in which teenagers try to knock unsuspecting passerby out cold with a single wallop.
    Police say teens have made sport out of lobbing punches at strangers for years — and it's primarily a pastime for rowdy young boys trying to impress their friends.
    But the moronic activity has taken a deadly turn — with at least two fatalities tied to "knockout" stunts this year amid evidence of a surge of similar assaults in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Missouri, Illinois and Washington, D.C.
    "It's hard to excuse this behavior, there's no purpose to this," Jeffrey Butts, a psychologist specializing in juvenile delinquency, told the AP. "When someone runs into a store and demands money, you can sort of understand why they're doing it, desperation, whatever. But just hitting someone for the sheer thrill of seeing if you can knock someone out is just childish."

    In September, in Jersey City, two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were charged as juveniles in the slaying of Ralph Eric Santiago, 46. He was discovered Sept. 10 with his neck snapped and his head stuck between iron fence posts, according to the AP. County prosecutors have said they believe the accused teens were playing "knockout."

    ( they were only charged as Juvelines??........WTF!!)

    And in May, in Syracuse, N.Y., a pack of teens trying to knock out Michael Daniels, 51, with one powerful punch ended up beating and stomping him to death, according to the wire service.




    A 16-year-old was found guilty of manslaughter, and his 13-year-old co-defendant pleaded guilty to assault — confessing he began the deadly beating by attempting to knock Daniels out cold with one blow. Both of the defendants were sentenced to 18 months behind bars.



    Also in May, Elex Murphy, now 20, was sentenced to life in prison plus 25 years in St. Louis, Mo., for killing a Vietnamese immigrant as part the game in 2011.

    In Lower Merion, Penn., a suburb of Philadelphia, two recent attacks may be related to the "knockout" game.
    "We do worry that it's something like that ... because we've had two similar assaults, neither one of which resulted in a robbery," said Lt. Frank Higgins of the Lower Merion Township Police Department.
    In one, two 19-year-olds were charged with knocking down a 63-year-old man out walking his dog the evening of Oct. 29. They were arrested nearby a short time later, and have been charged with assault, Higgins said. No arrests were made in the other incident from September.
  • Kermit
    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
    • 09-27-10
    • 32555

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    This man has the answer to the problem.

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