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That took ballz.
There is a certain elegance and economy of motion here.
There aren’t enough words to describe how much I love this video! Say Goodnight, Dick!
Nice right hand. That boy has spent some time in the ring.
Steve in Greens,
That was not a right hand. Watch it again.
It looked to me to be his right elbow. A vicious in-close fighting technique. I would not be surprised if when sleepy wakes up, he finds that his jaw was dislocated. That is, if he survived his head smacking onto the asphalt.
Kevin in PA- I saw the same strike as you. Right elbow in close. I used to box. I learned the hard way not to strike someone in the face bare fisted, knuckles first. Broken bones in hand for me and a knocked unconscious dork on the floor.
When our family physician saw my broken hand he said, “boxer’s break”. Yep.
The naked clown received a deadly, very high energy, hit that most likely demolished the dudes jaw bone. Got my jaw demolished too. Twice in fact. Six weeks of wired shut jaw. Another learning experience.
Snow flakes are in for a surprise when the guys on our side start getting out of their vehicles and off their front porches for some sparing lessons. Ooooh yea baby!
Thinking about that knock-out a little more deeply.
In terms of judicious use of lethal force, the driver of the car who got out and struck the naked dude is on very shaky legal ground (certainly if in the U.S., but probably in Germany as well), especially in the event that the guy that was knocked-out has serious injuries.
I don’t know all the background leading up to the incident. Was the naked man sleep-walking? Was he drunk/high? Was it part of a protest? In any case, while someone behavior may be seen as offensive, the naked dude did not raise a hand or threaten violence in any way. Maybe he responded to the drivers inquiry with a F-you, but still, that’s not grounds for decking the idiot.
A trained fighter, as the muscle-man driver appears to be, should have some personal restraint. That kind of knock-out technique should only be employed in self defense, never to make a point.
In other words, that kind of strike, resulting in knock-out and falling onto a hard surface, could result in death and could be ruled manslaughter.
Besides, I thought most Germans were naturists.?
Jeez, some folks really don’t like aggressive displays of public nudity.
ROTFLMO!
Kevin sed: “…that’s not grounds for decking the idiot.”
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Unfortunately, in this litigious society that is probably true.
The driver looked like he tried to go around the dood then stopped, I wonder why?
Didn’t have enough room?
If it was me I probably would have went around him to my right, into the opposite lane if necessary, and kept going. If, then, went stepped over and stayed in front of me impeding my lawful progress it would have been an assault and I would have gotten out shoved him out of the way.
Regardless, there were other people about and that means crowds and I avoid them so I will not be in that position.
Naked guy stopping traffic with his arms folded. That’s attitude. He has just been done a favor by the other gentleman, and has gotten his free education and learned his lesson. He can’t say he is in doubt now on what is acceptable behavior. Shaky legal ground? Isn’t that kind of the root of the problem here? People torching department stores after clearing their shelves, blinding policemen, ripping out historical monuments, all with apparent impunity for 90% of the players. What if the muscleman has his 6 year-old daughter in the car with him?
Most guys over 60 can recall such incidents from their childhood, before it became fashionable to answer all provocation with lawsuits. This way is much better, direct and more economical. This way, everybody knows it won’t necessarily get settled in court; it might just get settled right here on the spot, right now – smartass. That has a way of making people a whole lot more pleasant and better behaved.
Ag,
I didn’t see the naked man torching department stores after looting them. If the assailant (muscleman) had his six year old in the car, I still don’t think striking someone with potentially lethal force is inappropriate and excessive for the crime of walking naked like a zombie and blocking traffic. I’m not talking about civil suits. I am talking about the doctrine of lethal force and what I saw says if death or grave bodily injury was the result to the stricken, then that would seem to me be an indictable criminal offense.
Just sayin’. Your mileage may vary and there are cameras everywhere and license plates easily trace activities. The guys will be easy to find and charge with assault?…murder / manslaughter. Would it been okay if he got out and shot the naked sleep-walker?
Just looked at the vid again and slowed it to 1x with VLC (saved it to my HD).
The driver did indeed hit the naked dik hole with his fist and caught him right under his left jaw bone, partially in the neck. That probably jacked his neck at a weerd angle and he was most likely knocked the fuk out before he hit the ground.
Also, the license plates look like european of something. The hitter looked a little bit like italian.
Kevin in PA:
A nude guy that deliberately walks toward traffic, plants his feet, folds his arms is not a zombie and isn’t asleep; He’s a guy with an attitude.
Naked people looting -or- shooting people without provocation of violence are both canards; Good luck with those, sorry, I’m busy. I understand your point about civil and legal suits. My point is, that is a big part of the problem. Highly selective use of them for political purposes by political players is the other part.
It looks to me like the site is a European country, maybe Germany? So yes, cameras everywhere. Too bad the police don’t use them to pick up naked jaywalkers disrupting traffic, eh? In many US cities, people such as this asshole would be turned loose without so much as a dime in bail; treated as a non-offense. In some cities, he can even beat up an old lady, maybe even stab her and get the same result – as we have seen in the news. Does that selective prosecution change the asshole for the better, or for the worse, from society’s perspective?
Would you find it offensive if being late to work (because of this clown) got you fired, and the cause of it got effective encouragement from the system when it lets him off? Now at least Sleeping Beauty knows there is somebody who won’t put up with his shit, and that refuge in the justice system might not help him. I’ll bet he hasn’t done it again, eh?
It looks like a fist blow to me too.