Posted on 06/02/2022 7:57:18 PM PDT by simpson96
man who threw a cup of hot coffee over a 76-year-old man making him wait to pay in a store is facing assault charges after punching the older man, sending him to the ground, police say.
Security camera footage of the attack in a Shell gas station in Palm Coast, Florida, shows the grey-haired victim at the checkout, with the suspect, later identified as Sean Ruel, 39, standing in line behind him.
Ruel can be seen waiting to be served while the 76-year-old man is being seen to by the cashier.
After a few seconds, the suspect can be seen apparently losing his temper at having to wait and he throws his cup of coffee toward the victim, where it lands at the man's feet, catching his attention.
The suspect then leaves the gas station, with his victim eventually following him outside to confront him, but security camera footage shows he barely manages a word before Ruel races up to him and knocks him down with a punch to the jaw. The blow to the victim sent him flying and left him sprawled on the ground as the footage ends.(snip)
The Flagler County Sheriff's Office later identified the suspect as Ruel, who was arrested the next day and accused of battery of a senior over 65.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
For many years, Ruel dreamed of being a “Florida Man”.
I notice recently that criminals are often showed sitting in a barbers chair.
Used to be no one would hit a girl, a person with glasses or an old coot. It was inviolate code across society. It’s true.
No kidding, I was looking forward to that thin silver lining to the dark cloud of age. But no.
Ruel can be cruel. Mental problems - perhaps substance abuse.
Ruel needs someone to bust a cap on him.
good thing I’ve never been to a barbershop in 20 years..
punishment should be: give the 76 year old a ball bat and use the perps head as a baseball, then jail.
“Mental problems - perhaps substance abuse.”
Our maybe just a spoiled asshole with no coping skills. I’m guessing that.
I think you can shoot them if they do that.
That was to not taint their arrest pic for jurors…clothing and body tats.
Reasons not to live in Florida:
Bugs
Humidity
Hurricanes
Alligators
Lizards falling out of trees
And certainly not least:
Florida Man
Florida Woman
The current Governor is about the only good reason I can think of...
“I think you can shoot them if they do that.”
I think in Florida you can.
If you were born in 1950 you are probably still able to kick a** when required.
It used to be girls and wimmin didnt attack anyone.
That was decades ago. They are worse than the men now.
I mean just about any fast food debacle is a woman shooting at a worker, or jumping the counter, or a gang of them pounding on a lone female worker.
That’d be my guess too. He even looks like a jerk.
He’s in the age group where that is common, that’s for sure.
What he did may be a first degree felony in Florida. Worth 20 years.
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