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| Reports: Alleged trend of 'knockout game' a myth |
| 2013-11-27 |
| [USATODAY] Some news organizations are refuting the existence of an alleged phenomenon known as the "knockout game" that has been the subject of media warnings in recent weeks. According to reports by CNN, the Today show, USA TODAY and others, the game takes place when young people randomly assault strangers in an attempt to knock them out with one punch. The attacks are leading to arrests, more officers on the streets and warnings for vigilance among the public, law enforcement officials and victims advocates told USA TODAY. In New Haven, Conn., police front man David Hartman said police are investigating six incidents in the past month as possible "knockouts." But police officials in several cities where the attacks have been reported say the knockout game is an urban myth, and that attacks that have received recent attention in the media have been random assaults, the New York Times ...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... is reporting. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 But police officials in several cities where the attacks have been reported say the knockout game is an urban myth Are these the same police officials that say that their officers will be at your door soon when a forced entry to your house happens? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-11-27 19:48 |
| #8 One of the interesting things is that the supposed "Black Race Warriors" are trying to discourage the attacks, while white liberals are trying to be "Blacker than Black" and claim that Blacks can do no wrong. Today Al Sharpton publicly condemned players of the knockout game and called them racist. (Yeah. I was shocked too). The limousine liberals at MSNBC had an epileptic fit. It shows that White liberals do not care about the wellbeing of Blacks. They just want to use Blacks and throw them away. |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2013-11-27 19:22 |
| #7 Like Bobby said, this has been going on for a while. Come across something every once in a while, just thought it was stupid shit city people do. I wish I could find the link, think it was IOTW a few days back, but there was an interview with the local kids and they talk like it is, at least, past the year of fad. Hey NYT readers, you love them some puzzles 14. Across (8 letters) being struck in the head, as in boxing. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-11-27 17:36 |
| #6 Sorry, folks, I saw several incidents filmed in the DC area even before the news hit the 'Burg. It was on one of the news channels (prolly ABC)at dinner time. Several folks went straight down on the sidewalk, hard. I figger they had a concussion before they hit the concrete sidewalk. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-11-27 14:08 |
| #5 Any man that hits a woman should get life in prison. Prevents him from ever having a chance to ever date, marry, or even get near a woman again, without being behind steel bars. |
| Posted by: Guillibaldo McCoy1948 2013-11-27 13:14 |
| #4 Media continues to try to cover anything racist done by blacks, under some stupid assumption hat blacks cannot be racist - which incidentally protects all the racist behavior coming from the White House and executive branch, like Holder. q..v. Black Panthers case, et al. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2013-11-27 09:42 |
| #3 About five years ago a friend of mine was sucker-punched while walking to his car in New Orleans. Puncher was a young black kid, presumably fulfilling some kind of gang initiation. He picked the wrong guy & wound up unconscious and bleeding in the gutter. Fist & feet. Friend continued to his car & went home. Did not see a killing listed for that address the next day so we figured he didn't die. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-11-27 09:30 |
| #2 Desperately trying to plaster over the huge cracks developing in the Permanent Party Propaganda Media's attempt to cover up the gross disproportionate amount of crime prevalent in the community as though ignoring it will make it go away. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-11-27 08:14 |
| #1 Please file under the general category of 'Holocaust deniers' and await the appearance of supporting websites and international conferences. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-11-27 06:01 |