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Family of high school track star sucker-punched during race are considering lawsuit 'after they were stopped from pressing charges by cops who threatened to arrest THEIR son if they filed a report'
Daily Mail ^ | April 2nd, 2022 | Matt Mcnulty

Posted on 04/02/2022 12:01:18 PM PDT by shadowlands1960

-The family of a high school track star who was sucker-punched during a race say they had wanted to press charges against his attacker,
-However, the family's attorney said deputies had threatened to arrest their son if they'd done so:
-Now, they're looking into potentially filing a lawsuit. -The high school runner was punched in the head during his 1,600m race last Saturday at the Tohopekaliga Tiger Invitational in Kissimmee, Florida.
-The athlete who threw the punch had earlier got in the way of the lead runner.
-After still obscuring the track, the runner pushed him out of the way.
-On the subsequent lap, the other athlete sucker punched the runner the face, knocking him over - he managed to get to his feet and complete the race.
-DO YOU KNOW THOSE INVOLVED? EMAIL: matt.mcnulty@mailonline.com


The family of a high school track star who was sucker-punched during a race say they had wanted to press charges against his attacker but deputies had threatened to arrest their son if they'd done so.

Now, the family is considering filing a civil lawsuit against the other student and the track invitation event that hosted the race, their attorney says.

Shocking video of the attack during the Tohopekaliga Tiger Invitational in Kissimmee last Saturday captured the incident as a pack of runners coming down the track in the 1,600-meter race when a teen comes up from behind and punches the athlete in the lead in the back of the head

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TOPICS: Politics; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: 2manyracists; bidensfault; bidenvoters; blacksupremacy; cheaters; criminals; kissimmee; lawsuit; obamasfault; splc; splkkk; thugs; trackmeet; usualsuspects
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To: BenLurkin
Is there a photo of when the victim knocked over the attacker earlier?

That's what I have been wondering. The attack could be justifiable retribution. The fact the police will not seek charges indicates that it could be.

61 posted on 04/02/2022 1:46:58 PM PDT by usurper
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To: Bullish

“I think I see the problem”

It’s all there in clear black and white...,,


62 posted on 04/02/2022 1:47:21 PM PDT by military cop (I carry a .45....cause they don't make a .46....)
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To: ronniesgal
on what grounds would they be able to charge the kid that got sucker punched?? Makes no sense.

I think the story alludes to it, the punchee allegedly pushed the puncher earlier in the race because he was blocking the lane. The cops probably took the position that the puncher was retaliating and it was mutual combat, which is actually a common way of addressing schoolyard fights (the first punch never gets seen).

Shoving and pushing for position is common in distance running (as is "accidentally" catching competitors ankles with those spiked shoes they wear on some running surfaces), and if flagrant, is cause for disqualification from a race.

Contact in some races is allowed because of the lanes being mixed, but a sucker punch is totally unacceptable. There is no room for punching in a running sport, not even if another runner does something rude and gets disqualified for it. Kids used to know that.

63 posted on 04/02/2022 1:49:10 PM PDT by jz638
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To: V_TWIN

But you will be the only one charged.

I know...sucks for us.

This is not going to end well because the rope is real short and I am about at the end of mine.


64 posted on 04/02/2022 1:49:54 PM PDT by Adder (Proud member of the FJBLGB community: /s is implied where applicable.)
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To: gunnut

“blocking the track” does that mean he just stopped in the middle of a race?


65 posted on 04/02/2022 1:53:18 PM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks would mind their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: shadowlands1960

Quota hire for the Kissimmee PD ?


66 posted on 04/02/2022 1:54:05 PM PDT by daku
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To: shadowlands1960

Oddly, I have a very difficult time imagining any other race but negros doing such a thing.


67 posted on 04/02/2022 1:55:50 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: usurper
No kind of retribution is justifiable, imo. But it might serve to mitigate the attacker's punishment, and skate on the hate crime enchantment.
68 posted on 04/02/2022 2:03:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: Skywise

Not really weird. The black athlete was impeding the race leader, which should cause him and his whole school to be disqualified. First, the victim yelled for him to get off the track. Second, when the perp blocked him worse, he pushed through. Third, the perp clocked the victim, who was comfortably in the lead.

The perp was dissed. Two school boards, the state org sanctioning the event, and the law enforcement agency need to be bled for tens of millions, IMO. The perp should be barred from any athletic pursuit at any level, and likely deserves prison. JMHO.


69 posted on 04/02/2022 2:03:39 PM PDT by MortMan (You better bring yours, when you come to take mine. - Creed Fisher)
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To: MortMan

Sounds like the media is intentionally distorting the story...


70 posted on 04/02/2022 2:08:34 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: shadowlands1960

File formal complaints against the cops for malfeasance of duty. Sue the school as an entity and the members of the Board individually.

Demand a formal investigation by the State Attorney General. Get everyone involved under oath.

L


71 posted on 04/02/2022 2:10:27 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Skywise

Blocking the track is a cardinal no no. having done it twice then attacking the lead runner hard to conceive unless either racially motivated or he was encouraged to do so.

Sue the coach of the team of the attacker.


72 posted on 04/02/2022 2:11:33 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP
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To: shadowlands1960

So, did the kid who got punched push the puncher out of the way earlier and that when the dispute started? Was the puncher standing in the way or was the white kid simply overtaking a slower runner?

I have questions


73 posted on 04/02/2022 2:15:00 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: Fido969
Cops are useless.

It can't be said enough. Cops only at in a few specific types of situations.

74 posted on 04/02/2022 2:17:47 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Skywise

Welcome to American media, circa 2022.


75 posted on 04/02/2022 2:20:31 PM PDT by MortMan (You better bring yours, when you come to take mine. - Creed Fisher)
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To: shadowlands1960

The cops are afraid. So they are probably steering clear of this one. Remember George Floyd riots in ‘20?


76 posted on 04/02/2022 2:22:50 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: shadowlands1960

77 posted on 04/02/2022 2:26:12 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: shadowlands1960

Can’t offend the poor feral ‘teen.’ He is a good boy who loves his kids. Would never hurt anybody. Was just out jogging. And beside. Some the white boy probably called him the dreaded n word.


78 posted on 04/02/2022 2:28:48 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Funniest thing about that is, even if you are never charged with anything, you STILL have an arrest on your record, and that can cause problems in some employment situations.


79 posted on 04/02/2022 2:29:28 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: shadowlands1960

Good for the family.

They need to fight this kind of tyranny on all the levels it happened.


80 posted on 04/02/2022 2:30:57 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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