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To: shadowlands1960

on what grounds would they be able to charge the kid that got sucker punched?? Makes no sense.


9 posted on 04/02/2022 12:06:49 PM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks would mind their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: ronniesgal
on what grounds would they be able to charge the kid that got sucker punched?? Makes no sense.

Because raciss, Trump's fault and klimate change, etc...
12 posted on 04/02/2022 12:08:25 PM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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-- on what grounds would they be able to charge the kid that got sucker punched?? --

"You can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride."

18 posted on 04/02/2022 12:11:31 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: ronniesgal

The article says he pushed the attacker out of the way in a prior lap because he was blocking the track. I am guessing that could be classified as battery but the cops really just did not want to do their job.


21 posted on 04/02/2022 12:13:41 PM PDT by gunnut
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To: ronniesgal
Perp is black. They were making idle threats to keep BLM in check lest they descend on the town and make things tough for the cops.

The only charge I can think of is fomenting a race riot. Wouldn't stick though.

27 posted on 04/02/2022 12:19:22 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Imagine, if you will, a vaccine so safe you have to be threatened to take it. )
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victim supposedly shoved the puncher earlier...


31 posted on 04/02/2022 12:24:24 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 ("...some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again... " CSL)
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To: ronniesgal

Allegedly the white kid pushed the black kid before starting the race.


39 posted on 04/02/2022 12:43:49 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: ronniesgal

They’d get him on “blocking the righteous path of a feral knuckledragger”.


48 posted on 04/02/2022 1:05:16 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: ronniesgal
on what grounds would they be able to charge the kid that got sucker punched?? Makes no sense.

When the cops want to arrest you, they will charge you with something. It may be complete bullsh*t, but you will still end up in jail and in a headache with the legal system.

57 posted on 04/02/2022 1:28:35 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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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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