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31. I would have screamed too

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 01:01 PM

Jul 2013

Even if he is justified using force, he did not need the added problem of killing them if he could stop the attack with anything less. This is probably why his co-worker tried to get him to stop?

I don't know what happens when a person snaps like that. Blind rage. Uncontrollable. Over-the-top. But technically self-defense. I don't normally believe men should strike women, so it is hard to see the rage expressed there. No one -- man or woman -- should try to provoke such a reaction from another person. It is really provoking our reptilian brainstem, and the response is not always controllable.

In some ways, what you see there reminds me of how domestic violence escalates so quickly from verbal abuse to deadly force.

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Two women attack McDonalds employee---turned out to be a big mistake. [View all] trumad Jul 2013 OP

not a happy meal dembotoz Jul 2013 #1

made me laugh. nt pintobean Jul 2013 #2

Stop! tblue Jul 2013 #44

Employ stood his ground safeinOhio Jul 2013 #3

Why post this in GD? nt Pale Blue Dot Jul 2013 #4

I don't know---I've been here for 13 years.... trumad Jul 2013 #7

+10 RC Jul 2013 #14

Clearly it belongs in the Photography forum. Dr. Strange Jul 2013 #17

lol. n/t. okieinpain Jul 2013 #75

Why impose your tripe when it offers NOTHING to the thread, other than to impose? LaydeeBug Jul 2013 #26

Jury acquitted him BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #5

a fractured skull -- wow KurtNYC Jul 2013 #22

Things change when you smack someone in the face in public BeyondGeography Jul 2013 #23

Yes, he was just taking the verbal abuse. KurtNYC Jul 2013 #42

People just love to treat min. wage workers like crap. Lunacee_2013 Jul 2013 #73

Hungry people can be very irritable and/or violent KurtNYC Jul 2013 #76

He won't be dissed again marshall Jul 2013 #6

Would you like an ass-kicking with that? hatrack Jul 2013 #8

Better that than a gun trumad Jul 2013 #13

Very true! hatrack Jul 2013 #15

Idiot blonde woman shouting "STOP! STOP!!" MNBrewer Jul 2013 #9

Yea, I didn't get that either. Inkfreak Jul 2013 #10

Even his co-worker was telling him to stop. savalez Jul 2013 #16

At least until they no longer pose a threat. EOTE Jul 2013 #21

Did you mean to respond to me? savalez Jul 2013 #24

Yes. You asked if he should have continued to hit them until they died. EOTE Jul 2013 #25

The co-worker had the best vantage point savalez Jul 2013 #30

I was responding to your question, this really isn't all that difficult. EOTE Jul 2013 #32

You think you are having a debate savalez Jul 2013 #36

You asked a question, I thought I'd give a go at an answer. EOTE Jul 2013 #37

Re-read #36 savalez Jul 2013 #40

I not only re-read it, but I was actually there when I wrote it. EOTE Jul 2013 #41

Typo savalez Jul 2013 #45

Re-read that one as well. EOTE Jul 2013 #43

In order savalez Jul 2013 #46

You definitely won this one. crim son Jul 2013 #61

huh? savalez Jul 2013 #72

Actually anomiep Jul 2013 #62

I saw them continue to approach him several times after he stopped the beating. EOTE Jul 2013 #63

Yep anomiep Jul 2013 #64

I didn't realize that was the only alternative, sorry. MNBrewer Jul 2013 #69

You wrote: savalez Jul 2013 #74

Yeah, seriously. EOTE Jul 2013 #20

There is a big difference between savalez Jul 2013 #27

She didn't say a thing when the stupid girls were attacking the employee. EOTE Jul 2013 #29

The whole thing happened within seconds! savalez Jul 2013 #33

I've never seen anything like this in my life in person. EOTE Jul 2013 #35

I've alread responded savalez Jul 2013 #38

I would have screamed too Generic Other Jul 2013 #31

I'm far more inclined to trust the attacked employer as to when he felt he was no longer in danger. EOTE Jul 2013 #34

I suspect he wasn't charged because Generic Other Jul 2013 #65

Maybe it was truly excessive force (in that it was more than needed to neutralize the threat). EOTE Jul 2013 #66

Yeah, she should have just shut up and enjoyed the whippin' progressoid Jul 2013 #48

How about NOT selectively showing outrage? EOTE Jul 2013 #49

And the co-worker who also tried to stop him? progressoid Jul 2013 #53

No, but he also wasn't the one who was attacked. EOTE Jul 2013 #54

So he ISN'T a fucking idiot? progressoid Jul 2013 #57

He's certainly less of one. EOTE Jul 2013 #60

Well, I'm impressed by your ability to determing levels of fucking idiocy progressoid Jul 2013 #67

OK. So the screeching blond is without a doubt a fucking idiot. EOTE Jul 2013 #68

because maybe she wants to live in a civilized world ? olddots Jul 2013 #56

She lives in the wrong country, then MNBrewer Jul 2013 #70

I don't fault the employee for the initial whacks, but after they were on the ground penultimate Jul 2013 #58

Should have made the asshole cloudbase Jul 2013 #11

..! Quantess Jul 2013 #51

This is old. Happened in October 2011 BklnDem75 Jul 2013 #12

It's a mistake to go there in the first place. n/t L0oniX Jul 2013 #18

At 42 seconds into the video you can see him asking snooper2 Jul 2013 #19

act like a feral beast datasuspect Jul 2013 #28

Some vigilante justice is better than other vigilante justice, I see. nt Dreamer Tatum Jul 2013 #39

Me thinks you do not know what Vigilante means. trumad Jul 2013 #47

Just who is the vigilante in this scenario? nt EOTE Jul 2013 #50

Bad idea. Those women were crazy to fight that guy LittleBlue Jul 2013 #52

From the UK link DainBramaged Jul 2013 #55

Um, this happened in 2011. Apophis Jul 2013 #59

he should have stopped once they were already down JI7 Jul 2013 #71