I'm no fan of violence. But I cannot say this bully did not have it coming.

[Glassunion]

62. You are still Monday Morning Quarterbacking.

In the less than three seconds this kid reacted in, one does not have time, nor the state of mind to go over the "thousand other things". Also... just to nitpick, it was not the back of the head, but the side of the head.

You are also intentionally not getting the point. Our point is when the cops use lethal force to respond to a non-violent situation, yes we become upset. When they escalate something that is not even a felony, to the point where someone dies, we have every right to be pissed.

"But you are perfectly okay with a third party walking up to a fight and striking a blindside blow to the back of the head of a person a fraction of his size because you're not absolutely positive it knocked him fully unconscious?" - I am perfectly okay with a person, defending a person who is unable to defend themselves from a larger person.

He was not "savagely injured". The kid walked away from it, was arrested and then sent home with his parents. No mention of so much as a hospital visit. You are inventing the "savagely injured".

If this was my kid, and he was physically assaulting a blind person, and he got his bell rung by a football player, then arrested... I'd first make sure he was okay, then let him spend the night in jail, while I profusely apologized to that poor kids parents. I'd then go and apologize to the parents of the kid who punched my kid. Then, my kid would spend his free time painting that family's house, mowing their lawn, taking out their garbage, tuning their car, patching their driveway, etc... Until I feel that he is properly humbled by the experience.