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Long Island man arrested in multiple 'knockout' assaults
WABC New York ^ | December 17, 2013 | N.J. Burkett

Posted on 12/18/2013 4:01:11 AM PST by grundle

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21 posted on 12/18/2013 5:04:42 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad. :()
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To: Junk Silver; Gen.Blather
I'm OK with that too. An unprovoked blow to the head of an unsuspecting and unprepared victim can easily be fatal. There is evidence of cases where it has been fatal. This P.O.S. had just been lucky no one has died.

I hope for jailhouse justice for this guy

22 posted on 12/18/2013 5:05:06 AM PST by Mr. K (If you like your constitution, you can keep it. Period.)
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To: grundle
...get off my block.

The perp feels so entitled that he thinks he owns the entire city block. I wonder where he gets that mentality from? /s

23 posted on 12/18/2013 5:07:22 AM PST by lwd
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Darryl Mitchell of the inappropriately named Amityville. Thanks grundle.


24 posted on 12/18/2013 5:09:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: grundle

Knew a guy in college from Amityville. This guy played the knockout game the right way. Instead of defenseless people, he used his opponents on the football field on a FCS level. This guy played running back and would literally knockout defenders regularly. He was later one of the first contestants on “American Gladiators.” This guy was so tough, the show had to change the rules because he was beating the hell out of the show’s regular gladiators.


25 posted on 12/18/2013 5:10:02 AM PST by gusty
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To: lwd

And how did he know that the victim was not of “his” block?


26 posted on 12/18/2013 5:12:35 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Truth29
“......treat young black men as a potential threat and give them a wide berth.”.....

I will give them a wide berth while holding my locked and loaded Glock pointed directly at them.

I blame all this “Knock-Out” game square on the shoulders of odumbo and holder. They have allowed these attacks to happen by there very action of doing NOTHING to stop it. Any leader would be preaching to discourage this type of thing from happening and if we had such a leader you would see it happen. Don't expect it to come from odumbo or holder. (Note I do not use capital letters to use their names, neither of them earned such courtesy).

27 posted on 12/18/2013 5:22:58 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Progov

I have a couple of observations.
They’re trying to ramp up this one sided race war as both a punishment and a provocation.

While the other side doesn’t respond, they can conduct their payback unopposed. +1 for them.

When/if they provoke a response, they can then use the government as an instrument of punishment. +infinity for them, because this is every liberals’ deepest desire.


28 posted on 12/18/2013 5:26:29 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Vaquero

A good friend and her husband live in Amityville. if this guy had made a move on him he would have had a bullet in his belly. He’s a retired NYC detective and he carries.
Agree with your description of the town. There’s some real wealth there but most of it is a ghetto. I worked there in the 60’s and it wasn’t much different then.


29 posted on 12/18/2013 5:29:07 AM PST by surrey
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To: Travis T. OJustice

Unexpected!


30 posted on 12/18/2013 5:33:35 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Junk Silver

Attempted murder implies intent. It might be overcharging, but it gives the prosecutor some leverage.

The problem is that we punish assault too lightly. Especially when the perp is one of Holders’ people.


31 posted on 12/18/2013 5:39:35 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: oh8eleven

Exactly my thought.


32 posted on 12/18/2013 5:48:28 AM PST by Travis T. OJustice (I miss you, dad. :()
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To: surrey

Lived in Lindenhurst in 79 on a canal. Kept my boat there The Germans kept it halfway decent.


33 posted on 12/18/2013 6:22:29 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

“Attempted murder implies intent. “

The intention of the “knockout game” is to hit someone hard enough to instantly render them unconscious. If that isn’t premeditated attempted murder I don’t know what is.


34 posted on 12/18/2013 6:48:49 AM PST by Junk Silver
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To: Junk Silver

... still leaves room for reasonable doubt.


35 posted on 12/18/2013 7:09:06 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: Junk Silver; Lonesome in Massachussets; Travis McGee

1) “Attempted murder implies intent. “

2) The intention of the “knockout game” is to hit someone hard enough to instantly render them unconscious. If that isn’t premeditated attempted murder I don’t know what is.


MacDonald pointed out in one of his novels (and I’ll bet dollars to donuts he is right) that the difference between a blow hard enough to knock a man out and one hard enough to kill is very small.

Thus, if you intend to hit me hard enough to knock me out, I *have* to assume you may hit hard enough to kill thereby justifying the use of deadly force *if* *possible*.


36 posted on 12/18/2013 11:21:54 AM PST by Peet (Oderint dum metuant)
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All that matters is what a lawyer can convince a jury.


37 posted on 12/18/2013 3:38:05 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Doing the same thing and expecting different results is called software engineering.)
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To: grundle
This dude has an airtight defense. "Knockout Games" are a myth. Since the Knockout Game doesn't exist, the perp couldn't have attacked anyone in a Knockout Game.

Gawd, I shouldn't been a lawyer.

38 posted on 12/19/2013 10:07:32 AM PST by Jabba the Nutt (You can have a free country or government schools. Choose one.)
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