Bully beatdown or sucker punch or both?
 

This a-hole really had it coming, but not necessarily from the guy who gave it to him.

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I think that's exactly how he deserved it.

sucker punch all the way. A beat down is done toe to toe. But one heck of a punch. Actually that punch would have hospitalized me.

So why does the punchee end up in custody?

served.

What? He was randomly punching total strangers unprovoked - that's why.

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When you start assaulting people in a public place, sometimes instant karma occurs. He got a double-dose, getting knocked out and then this youTube video.

He deserved it no doubt, but the two shots he took (mild as they were) are uncalled for. You never kick someone when they are down

When you go around punching anyone within arms reach, you're bound to have it coming to you via a sucker punch.

Sucker punch for sure. Justice too.

Unless they're an @$$h0le. Then a curb-stomping is perfectly acceptable.

I wonder if this bully will lose his job after the Youtube exposure like that idiot who chewed out the girl at the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru.

That's old fashioned thinking, (from our generation). Nowadays, they think nothing of throwing some kicks into a sleeping fighter or going 3-1 if that's what it takes to win. I'm not sure that sucker-punch is even a term anymore. :rolleyes:

That said, having worked in nightclubs and having seen a lot of chaotic fights, you can expect to get dropped like that in a crowd situation. He had no idea who might be friends with the guys he was hitting. The guy who got dropped was assaulting people who were not interested in fighting or threatening him in any way...he deserved what he got. Ironically, the guy who hit him could have done the exact same thing toe-to-toe from what I saw on the video.

SXSW has turned into such a 3-ring clusterfuch that I'm surprised anyone still wants to go. :cool:

I find the outcome of that video satisfactory.

I see no problem with it. The guy that got popped originally didn't want to fight and clearly couldn't defend himself. The fact that someone else doled out the justice doesn't phase me a bit.

Maybe the jackass will think twice next time.

Too bad the guy who threw the punch can probably face assault charges and a lawsuit. That's how bassackwards this country has become.

Quite a *****slap eh Denis? :--)

He "won"....a pair of pretty bracelets. Gosh, what a guy. Gosh, I'm glad I got too old for that krap!

the two guys popped up on the radar, but were dismissed as being in the bully's corner.

nice connection, i bet he threw from the knees.

classic sucker punch

My sister worked in ICU for a few years. She once told me a story about a retired man walking home from a store and was jumped by a bunch of young men. The bastards took his $20 dollars and continue to kick him when he was on the ground. He was paralyzed when he go to the hospital. This was in the middle class neighborhood (the San Fernando Valley). Just gotta be careful.

Doubt it. We used to say, "taught him a lesson that he'll never remember." :D

+1. He was being an asshat, but not realy hurting anyone. The video does not show the entire thing, but the guys he was tapping were active participants as they raised their hands, clearly were talking smack and did not walk away (people walked by and none were screwed with). The guy that nailed him was not screwed with in any way before he blindsided the guy. Cheap shot all the way.

That is the reason I don't get into bar fights any more. No one fights fair and they kick a man on the ground. After he is knocked out. everyone gets tough and steps up to inflict some punishment. What scares me is that if you knock a guy out like this, his head hits the ground like a big pumpkin. You could easily cause brain damage or kill the guy and end up in prison for a very long time. It is always on video and the internet now...so it is hard to avoid getting locked up or sued.

He went fishing, and to the surprise of no one, he caught a fish. Case closed.

Bush Doctrine Pre-emptive Strike illustrated perfectly.

That happened in Texas. No way he gets charges or civil suit amounting to anything.

I rate this thread [and sucker punch] 5 stars!

That POS was BEGGING for a fight. Hopping around in a crowd with his fists clenched/cocked BEGGING for it. I didn't see anyone else dying to square off and it's clear that this nozzle wasn't going to be satisfied without blood loss. He knocked for quite awhile before next-door Darwin in grey T-shirt answered.

Douche-nozzle has left the game.

That boy just wasn't paying attention to his audience.

The guy that took the beating was begging for a fight (not really...he didn't expect any of the 4 or 5 wimpy guys to do anything but take it), but...there wasn't a fight. The guy (coward) that punched him just stepped out of the crowd and blindsided him. Similar to shooting a guy in the back.

If DN walks into a crowd brandishing a gun (flashing fists here) and points it at someone (here: slaps a guy), are you suggesting that DN has to shoot someone (punch them) before anyone can take the DN out (from the side or behind or above or with a bat or...)?

Wow...that is confusing. You make it sound like some sort of self-defense. It was not. It is this simple. I would suggest that approaching a drunk from behind, knocking them out and kicking them while they are down on the ground because you saw them half-ass, girly, ***** slap another man about their same size to be a bit out of line...especially by someone not even involved in the situation. If the guy that hit the punk from behind simply wanted to break up the potential fight....he should have just steppped up like a man and told the punk to back off. He did not.

We'll have to agree to disagree...about the DN and my analogy.

I'm sticking with DN got a taste of what he was looking to dish out to anyone he saw fit.

The punch might be a sucker punch, but it was a real sucker that took the punch.

That video was great. One jerk changed from bully to victim. Perfect.

Sucker punch, by definition for sure....Deserved? Yes definitely!!!

Sucker punch yes, but in defense of others. I think the hazard of doing something like that (even if justifed) is the the punchee strikes his head on the pavement and dies. Hopefully, if that does happen, the jury agrees that the punch was justified. Still, seems like the puncher could go down for manslaughter.

Bush Doctrine.

Bully beatdown or sucker punch or both?
 

It is like stepping on a roach. That bully lost any sympathy the second he punched the guy just standing there.

Agree, the puncher was not being threatened. At least it wasn't apparent in that video.

that one guy missed with his kick!! he would have been done for if it got crazy.

I think that guy is going to spend the rest of his days looking for that sucker punch guy and he will never see it coming !!!

Shaun: how about backing off on the (not one but two) PARFy Bush statements?