Attack Victims May Have Been Targets Of 'Point 'Em Out, Knock 'Em Out'

WTAE ^ | March 27, 2012

[rightwingintelligentsia]

PITTSBURGH -- An attack in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood earlier this month may have been the result of a violent game known as "Point 'Em Out, Knock 'Em Out," in which attackers identify random targets and attempt to knock them out.

The attacks are usually recorded and sometimes posted to the Internet.

Just after midnight on March 17, police said as many as nine men and one woman targeted University of Pittsburgh students sitting on a wall on Dithridge Street.

The attack left a 19-year-old student with a concussion, a fractured sternum and a partially collapsed lung.

Police said a female videotaped the beating and could be heard yelling, "Kick him again."

[E. Pluribus Unum]

AKA “Knockout King.”

[Old Sarge]

Anybody remember “Bum Fights”?

[JRios1968]

Let me guess, the perps are Amish.

[icwhatudo]

Watch the video and see the descriptions of some of the attackers:

5-6” 130 pounds
5-11” 150 pounds

Some have made the point that the Florida teen (Tayvon) that was shot was too small (6-0 to 6-3”) 160+ pounds to attack anyone.

[raygunfan]

so im from pittsburgh, i saw this story locally, and ive read about it in the papers....how can you have nine people doing random attacks...no description of the perps at all??

really??

wonder why.....

[Glenn]

Most nights I get out of town before 7:00 PM. Downtown isn't as scary as the populated outskirts. There are some really bad actors. I've also noticed that shootings seem to be increasing.

[apillar]

I guess they didn't learn anything from Treyvon. If you ‘Point ‘Em Out, Knock ‘Em Out’ the wrong person you might end up on the losing end of a different game ‘Dodge the lead projectile’

[soycd]

Not a word about what “minority” these scumbags belong to. Something tells me they are not crackers.

[JayAr36]

Any wonder that people are arming themselves. The predators are moving out of their self generated jungle. Lock and load.

[listenhillary]

I think certain groups are being thought of as weak. Perps will keep pushing and will be surprised when the inevitable happens.

[Tunehead54]

Closing line of article: In some cases, the "Point 'Em Out, Knock 'Em Out" game has turned deadly.

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Game? A "game" that sometimes results in death? What ever happened to midnight basketball?

This is not a game, it is a crime. Sheesh!

[MrB]

This is not a game, it is a crime

It's only a "crime" because it's being defined by the white man's legal system that way, crackuh.

[listenhillary]

Fast and furious didn’t have the effect that they wanted. What if they start arming holder’s people?

Never let a crisis go to waste.

[dfwgator]

Let me guess, the perps are Amish.

They look like Obama's son, if he had one.

[tacticalogic]

I think certain groups are being thought of as weak. Perps will keep pushing and will be surprised when the inevitable happens.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.....

[GeronL]

I bet it was racial. Time for white people to riot?

lol

[BO Stinkss]

If they come after me they’re going to get a surprise!

[Mouton]

Yeah, went to home defcon 2 last week with all the rhetoric about the Martin thing...defcon 2, load all magazines.

Today off to range to brush up on some skills...point shooting and off hand shooting.

A band of perps attacking my home are known here as moving targets.

[Student0165]

I guess that’s what TM (no copyright infringement) was doing with Zimmerman - playing the “knockout game” by continuously banging Zimmerman’s head against the concrete. How’d that work out for ya then, obama’s son?