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At least he didn’t wind up… In the heat of the moment how does a person calculate the appropriate amount of force based on gender, age, size, aggression level? He seemed a bit overwhelmed by the whole scene.
Respect your elders kids, definitely interested in seeing how this shakes out.
Never worth “doing time” for something like that. They will rip him in court. A knife attack by the little girl is an example of what would be justified to use that level of force in a court of law. The only time that “doing time” is worth the risk, is if your loved ones and/or yourself is in imminent danger of death or severe bodily harm. Remember, the court must be convinced that your perceptions were real and not an excuse. That itself is a crap shoot.
IMO, it’s straight up logical fallacy to say it was a “disproportionate response” the standard in which this is established needs a revision.
So, let me get this straight, say if some 300 lb dude that’s 6’4” shoved me and decides to relentlessly assault/taunt me, and knowing that I got no chance in hell, why would I opt for an option of retaliation that still leaves a good chance for him to become even more feral and amp up his attack? I realize this isn’t the same context, but the principle applies regardless..
Point is, It simply isn’t human nature to respond PROPORTIONATELY in a situation where you’re being ganged up on and you feel threatened. You’re are GOING to make the decision that you BELIEVE will put an end to that escalation, “Dispropornate” or not.
Saying that you need to respond in a proportionate way is like saying you need to fight fair in a street fight. I’ll let you decide how asinine that is.
Come at me, bros.
The optics of her being knocked flat in response to heckling and pushing and shoving are terrible for his impending legal issues. 911 would have perhaps been of no practical use. Would it have been better to sustain clawing and scratching, get that captured on video so he could press assault charges?, vs him getting locked him? Very tough deal.
Absolutely deserved. When a group attacks you, a single person, every move is alright to defend yourself. I love how he smacks her soul right out of her body.
We don’t see what was going on except for a very limited view. A court will hear everything from the start to the last few seconds that was captured in the video. True, that was a big man versus a much smaller, younger girl but when she stepped to him with her hands up like that, he was justified in repelling the attack, and he didn’t continue assaulting her with kicking/stomping. I wonder if the tables were turned, if she had managed to knock him out or if one of her friends did, if the attack would have continued like they typically do in situations on the street like that.I wish there was more background on that story.
Fascinating how quick people are to come to the decision of a disproportionate response. And that’s the same problem with this being analyzed in the comfort of a court room with armed bailiffs and court decorum protecting the jury from violence. I don’t know the full context. It would be fascinating to learn the background criminal history on some of these kids in the video. This is a video of seconds where the man is surrounded by a pack of wild kids. The video shows how obviously none of the kids cared about authority and they thought they had complete control without repercussion. How is he to know he wasn’t going to be knifed in the back if he kept playing patty cake with the girl or if someone was going to play knockout game with his wife? I do think based on what I saw the safer course of action would be to direct the family through the pack and if they try to stop it be forceful in the escape. But I don’t know the context of the event, was not jacked with adrenaline in fight or flight mode, and did not have my family threatened. Did they really think they could surround and push an adult around with no recourse?
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Whenever someone complains about getting their ass kicked the question that I pose is “what happened right before that ass kicking?”
It was a tough lesson for her for sure, but from the looks of things it was tough lesson time.
This whining about disproportionate force is tiring. These girls want to take on a guy and a large guy at that because they are brave in numbers and believe that their pussy pass gives the carte blanche. Blocking or a warning slap will only spur the others on and how long before the guy is glassed.
An overwhelming display of force is what will shock the rest into reconsidering their life choices in the immediate future and deescalate the situation.
To the guys white knighting here. Would you in that position go after a guy like that? If not why not? Probably because you know what the likely outcome is even if you are a little guy you won’t get a mild ass whipping you know that you’ll get smacked into next week. Why any different for these girls?
“You want me show though? I’LL SHOW YOU THOUGH.”
They are all lucky this didn,t happen to a cop because she would have probably been shot.
I’m older than …say 50. Girls have changed. Maybe somehow they have more testosterone? I witnessed when my kids were in school…girls in high school much more aggressive than in my day. Something biologically is different? Self defense is self defense. This man was clearly being threatened. He was justified. Remember. I’m older. I’ve lived a warrior life. USMC combat veteran. I establish credibility before one judges. Unless you’ve been there….hold your opinion until you’ve been there. Also a parent of both adult boys and a girl. Maybe this man did what this girl’s parents didn’t do….
yall people are blind
bitch came at him hands down to get in his face some more..
and well see who is right or wrong if we ever see the court determination..
i think hes fucked..
I would’ve liked to have had a LOT more OBJECTIVE information as to what happened BEFORE the camera starts recording. There had to have been some sort of “lead-up” to all this, whether it was a name which was called out, or perhaps someone bumped into someone else or – – – ? The point is, without that “BEFORE” information, it’s quite hard to assign proportionate blame here, and at least part of the footage is fairly shaky and veers off the action for several (important) seconds. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Having equivocated like this above, I will state UN-equivocally that in my book at least, there should be something called the “Who Started It First?” Rule. It’s much like the one I lived with growing up. When you look at disputes from children on up and it begins to escalate out of control, one of the accusations you would always hear was “He/She started it 1st!” I think that’s not a bad place to begin to assign blame. Everyone has an obligation to Mind Their Own Business around Strangers. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….That means you Don’t Speak to Strangers, and you certainly NEVER touch any stranger! Should be obvious, but that seems to be the prelude to 99% of ALL fights. Someone mouths off some sort of negative and then it plummets downhill from there. Then there’s the 2nd half of the equation, “Which stranger actually made PHYSICAL CONTACT first?” No matter how slight, if you touch me, YOU are responsible for Escalating the altercation for the Verbal to the Physical realm……………………………………………………………………………… I wish the Law were more clear on that. Instigating a Verbal confrontation is in itself clearly stupid & unwarranted, & you can always walk away, but as soon as name calling crosses over to the single push, then it enters the legal phase of “Assault”. ………………………………………………………………….. Some may scream “Invasion of Privacy!” but if I were king, there’s be Surveillance Cameras in ALL public places 24×7. People can do whatever the hell they want in their own homes, yell, scream, smoke pot, play terrible music or have wild sex. However,. as soon as any of that spills over out of your home or apt and into the street or MY home or apt (especially the NOISE part!) then it’s all fair game & you’ve broken the law. That’s my 2cents+.