Adult beat up teen in street

j.e.j.

rozmister wrote: »

The fact you describe a grieving child as 'playing cards' is pretty unpleasant. Have you experienced losing a parent at a young age?

Person_one wrote: »

Yeah, sorry.

Defending an adult who batters a child and knocks their teeth out? You're not looking great here.

Oh, for goodness sake :mad:

I'm not saying the woman was right to attack the teenager. I'm just saying there's cause and effect here.

It's sad the teenager has lost a parent. Many young adults have, sadly. But they don't all go out picking on other kids and behaving like scumbags, and using it as an excuse, do they.

He's 13, not 3!! He's old enough to take responsibility for what he does/did.

That doesn't mean this nut-case woman was right to bash him. Her reaction was totally OTT and as I say she may well have some issues of her own, but he needs to take some responsibility for the situation, too. He's not the blameless little baby that some people on here are making him out to be.

rozmister

j.e.j. wrote: »

Really? I'm just being realistic! 2 wrongs don't make a right, but if you pick on someone smaller than you, you're hardly in a position to complain when someone bigger than you then picks on you!

He's got to learn. If an adult provokes someone and gets a punch on the nose in return, it'll count against them if it ever came to court.

However, I agree with the poster who said there's probably more to the story than we're seeing on here.

A punch on the nose is not the same as kicking and punching someone to the ground knocking their teeth out in the process. If you beat the hell out of a child over kids being kids then that will only count against the person doing the beating in court not the child who was the victim.

rpc

j.e.j. wrote: »

Leave it. It's an ugly situation, but the teenager provoked it by picking on someone he thought couldn't fight back. Well the same happened to him afterwards, didn't it. Lesson learned.

Disgusting behaviour from the woman, though, no doubt about that.

Go go vigilante justice!

rozmister

j.e.j. wrote: »

Oh, for goodness sake :mad:

I'm not saying the woman was right to attack the teenager. I'm just saying there's cause and effect here.

It's sad the teenager has lost a parent. Many young adults have, sadly. But they don't all go out picking on other kids and behaving like scumbags, and using it as an excuse, do they.

He's 13, not 3!! He's old enough to take responsibility for what he does/did.

That doesn't mean this nut-case woman was right to bash him. Her reaction was totally OTT and as I say she may well have some issues of her own, but he needs to take some responsibility for the situation, too. He's not the blameless little baby that some people on here are making him out to be.

So calling a child 2 years younger than you four eyes makes a child a scumbag...that's 99% of kids in this country that are scumbags then! Just think - not all of them have a dead parent card to play!!!

j.e.j.

rpc wrote: »

Go go vigilante justice!

It isn't justice!!!

But it's unsurprising it happened.

That's all I'm saying.

TopQuark

rozmister wrote: »

The OP never indicates the 11 year old was 'terrified' by the child who is 2 years older. I'd imagine it's much more likely the 11 year old ran home to tell tales on the other kid or to cry because he was mean and then his aunt flew off the handle.

Taunting another child is different to physically attacking them.

The fact you describe a grieving child as 'playing cards' is pretty unpleasant. Have you experienced losing a parent at a young age?

It is highly unlikely that a sane, middle-aged woman would attack a teenage boy in the street, purely based on the hearsay of younger children. What is more likely is that the teenager is a known thug/gob!!!!! and invites trouble. It doesn't excuse having his teeth knocked out mind, but I fail to believe we have all the pertinent facts here.

As I illustrated with my own story, anyone passing by at a certain moment would have seen me, a grown woman punching a teenager in the face and drawing blood. Never mind the fact that he had attacked me in the first place.

rozmister

j.e.j. wrote: »

It isn't justice!!!

But it's unsurprising it happened.

That's all I'm saying.

Do you get a lot of 40 year olds beating up 13 year olds in the street round your way then? I live in the most deprived area in the SW and I've never seen it happen so you must be somewhere pretty rough!

Person_one

TopQuark wrote: »

It is highly unlikely that a sane, middle-aged woman would attack a teenage boy in the street

What a coincidence, another incident has the internet that shows that adults women are capable of acting bonkers and punching teenagers in public.


http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1744219-skateboarder-runs-into-child-angry-mom-punches-him-in-the-face?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t3

j.e.j.

rozmister wrote: »

Do you get a lot of 40 year olds beating up 13 year olds in the street round your way then? I live in the most deprived area in the SW and I've never seen it happen so you must be somewhere pretty rough!

That's why people are saying there must be more to the story than this.

She's either got mental health problems or this young lad has done more than just call the 11-year-old a name, on one occasion.

rozmister

j.e.j. wrote: »

That's why people are saying there must be more to the story than this.

She's either got mental health problems or this young lad has done more than just call the 11-year-old a name, on one occasion.

I was meaning more the fact that you feel it's 'unsurprising' for an adult to react like this to a child being a bully. I'd call it pretty surprising and yes I think it's probably due to mental health issues but that doesn't make it any less surprising. I don't expect an adult with mental health issues to beat a child in the street, that is surprising for me e.g. not an everyday occurrence or an outcome I would expect from the scenario.