Horrific!!! Unless the white dude hit was using the “N” word to insult people, there’s no justification whatsoever - even then, if I heard that at the meet, I’d walk off in protest and sue the crap out of the school. Violence begets more stupid violence!
I hate how the N word and/or other slurs are just seen as some kind of trigger word that justifies any physical violence that follows. You see it all the time, there's a fight between a white kid and some other race and the video title says that the white kid said such and such slur so it's suddenly okay. And no, I'm not white, it's just an observation.
Arguably the most hateful, loaded word in the English language.
Often targeted at the age group with the least self-control.
Link seems a bit sketchy so I am posting the Youtube video here. I am not seeing any additional info on this attack... does anyone know where this was or the story behind it?
Update:I read online that he got up and finished the race. No serious injuries.
if you listen closely, after the punch you can hear the puncher say “leave my girlfriend’s name out your f*ckjng mouth!”
Dang, was he inspired by Will Smith?
On SM I saw a ton of people defending Smith/saying he was justified. We really shouldn't be promoting the idea that just because someone says something you don't like that it's ok to assault them, because it'll lead to stuff like this. Hopefully the kid's ok, and hopefully the puncher doesn't do something like that again.
Anyway, all I know is that I would've filleted that kid's legs with my spikes lol. Terrible idea to push someone when there's other kids running that could've been caught in the crossfire, and when the person you're attacking has metal spikes embedded in his feet.
Anyway, all I know is that I would've filleted that kid's legs with my spikes lol. Terrible idea to push someone when there's other kids running that could've been caught in the crossfire, and when the person you're attacking has metal spikes embedded in his feet.
Actually I take that back as that's even more senseless violence and would only make me a bigger fool. I'd just line my pockets with his family's money.
Man, if a competitor sucker punched another competitor during a track meet back in my day they would have been disqualified from the meet, possibly permanently suspended from competition, suspended from school, and possibly had criminal charges filed against them. I guess we were softer back then.
It sounds like the black kid was probably standing in lane 1 or crossing the track when the race started and the kid pushed him out of the way. I’d say that’s a pretty standard thing to do when someone is standing on the track during a race. Then the black kid decided to punch him in the head. There wasn’t any racial slurs. Hopefully the kid’s parents press charges. The kid has anger issues so he shouldn’t be mingling with the rest of the population. That’s the kind of attitude that shoots someone when they honk their horn.
Horrific!!! Unless the white dude hit was using the “N” word to insult people, there’s no justification whatsoever - even then, if I heard that at the meet, I’d walk off in protest and sue the crap out of the school. Violence begets more stupid violence!
If it were a hockey game and that was the worst fight, the fans would be calling for refunds.
Horrific!!! Unless the white dude hit was using the “N” word to insult people, there’s no justification whatsoever - even then, if I heard that at the meet, I’d walk off in protest and sue the crap out of the school. Violence begets more stupid violence!
Before everyone goes nuts on race this is how the article I read explained the situation. Apparently the attacker was not in the race and got in the way during one of the laps and was pushed out of the way by the runner. Which seems very plausible, high schoolers never pay attention and this happens at high school meets that aren't well run. Apparently the attacker felt he had been wronged since he was shoved for getting in the way of the race and responded by attacking the kid when he passed by on the next lap.
We had an almost similar situation during one of my college practices where one of the wrestlers was out on the track and got in the way during a workout. Since a lot of wrestler are angry testosterone filled hobbits this guy thought he was going to fight the entire track team. Fortunately coaches calmed the situation down and got the guy out of there before blows were thrown.
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