it wasn't the punch that knocked him out.
it was the blow to the back of his head when he fell back and smacked it on the metal. I know three people who have died this way and two people who have gone down for murder and manslaughter respectively for killing people with a single punch like this. So it's quite common. It's usually a mouthy drunk that ends up dead hitting their head against a kerb. This guy didn't look mentally ill to me he sounded drunk, probably in blackout - how else would he have had the courage to mouth off to three great big blokes he didn't know?
Unfortunately one of those three blokes is gonna be charged with assault at least, maybe manslaughter. Last time I checked racism didn't carry a death sentence.
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Mon 17 Aug 2020, 15:53,
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yep.
I witnessed an incapacitating concussion from a shove. Years later, the news reported a secondary school student's death from just a shove. The back of the skull hit a pavement curb. Consequences.
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tromboner cherophobia is my kind of fun, Mon 17 Aug 2020, 18:05,
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My housemate's best friend in the early '90s was killed by a single punch due to hitting his head on a kerb after trying to stop a guy from beating up his girlfriend...
It's little wonder that many people will not try to stop public acts of physical and verbal aggression...you're likely to get a blade in your guts for your trouble these days.
I do try to stand up to racists, etc., I encounter, but it's always a judgement call.
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Mon 17 Aug 2020, 18:18,
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