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Skater punched by kid's mom
Youtube ^ | Published on Aug 14, 2013 | Youtube

Posted on 08/22/2013 9:33:04 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Skater gets punched for accidentally running into little boy. (on his birthday)

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To: Norm Lenhart

Yep.
Also there are some on FR who do not realize the skater was making a video and had permission to do so AND they were in a skate park.


41 posted on 08/22/2013 10:52:25 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

In no particular order:

Woman punches man with ferocity not often seen from even other men....do women ever have the “right” to hit a man? Is it unladylike to do so if not in self defense?

Man skates on a board in a park....is it a designated skate park or is he being an ass? Even with a video clear as crystal the debate rages ...

Man runs into kid at park....accidentally, but even so does the mother have a “right” to get upset?

And finally, for the coup de gras : White man harms black kid while black kid is celebrating his birthday ...again, accidentally, but does that matter when it’s “black vs white”?

This one has it ALL!

Hey, wars have started over less...just sayin...< whistles past the graveyard > ....


42 posted on 08/22/2013 10:53:16 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: GrootheWanderer

Good video.


43 posted on 08/22/2013 10:53:25 AM PDT by svcw (Stand or die)
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To: svcw

Don’t confuse people on a mission to stamp out fun with facts man! There’s control to be had here!

You know...just like the liberals do. But I guess it’s ok when ‘we’ do it for our pet peeves....


44 posted on 08/22/2013 10:56:50 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Wow, some of the posts in this thread are really asinine. Regardless of what type of park it is. Once the little kid ran into the skater, what was the first instinct of the skater? He checked to make sure the child was ok, then the parental unit came out and did what? Eeked out and assaulted the skater. Did she try to attend to her child? Nope. Nice parenting.
Someone said they would have put the skater in the hospital. So your gut reaction would be same as this so called ghetto mother. Oh my kid running wild got accidentally hit by guy on skateboard so while he is checking on my kid ill chimp out on him. I bet youre a cop, or one of those neo-con patriotard vets.

Im so glad kids enjoying outdoors is frowned upon by so many phony conservatives here. You bunch of.liberal hand wringers should go back to revleft or democratic underground. The guy wasnt hot dogging, he wasnt doing a trick, just blindsided, but oh my gawd evul skatuhr.... He should be takuhn to re edgy kay shun camp. Ah mehr I kuh go bush....

Idiots. Accidents hapen and the.skater was concerned about the child, the mother was nowhere near the incident and showed ne concern for her kid, but like the good liberal republicans you are you dont assign accountability for anyones actions. You just lash out like morons to a hated sub group of citizens you dont like. Once again for the rio lindo citizens of free republic. The skater after the accident was helping the child, and was showing concern for its welfare. Unlike the mother you all are siding with.


45 posted on 08/22/2013 10:58:43 AM PDT by Necrovore (Lu"gen offenbahren Kontrolle)
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To: Venturer

That’s true as well, but he shouldn’t get physically attacked either, she had NO right to do that.


46 posted on 08/22/2013 10:59:27 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. – Socrates)
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To: bramps

The only uncivilized, illegal, and immoral behavior in that video was that of the mother. If you think otherwise, you’re entitled to your wrong opinion.


47 posted on 08/22/2013 11:01:34 AM PDT by Flightdeck (IMPEACH and CONVICT)
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To: svcw
Really? That two-bit video linked to on the Youtube page? That means nothing. The comments on the Youtube page mean nothing. Where is your real evidence that he had permission and this IS a skate park? This looks like no skate park I've ever seen. Never seem one with potted plants, trash cans, and gazebos in the middle of it.

So, in my opinion, the skater probably had no right to be skateboarding there and is completely at fault for the incident. That doesn't give the mother any right to hit him, but it can almost be justified.

And, no, this isn't bad parenting, especially if this is a public park. It appears that another relative is close by and even IF the mother was five feet from the boy, she couldn't have prevented this from happening.
48 posted on 08/22/2013 11:05:31 AM PDT by nonamer
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To: nonamer

So where is your proof that skating is banned there and if none, are you reacting on pure emotion? If not they what exactly?


49 posted on 08/22/2013 11:09:32 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Recorded the video and watched it a few times:

If it is a skateboard park, you’re going to have skaters there; however like any other “vehicle,” the driver is supposed to be in control at all times. It was an unfortunate accident, as the skateboarder was performing an airborne maneuver while the kid basically ran right into his path, so there’s not much he could really do to correct his trajectory. He seemed fairly contrite about the incident afterwards.

The documenter was using a fish-eye lens which made the area appear less congested than it probably was, however there was still a curious lack of people in the park at the time and a lot of open space. And it did take the “Mom” a good 20 to 25 seconds from the time of the collision to get to the scene, and she didn’t seem any too quick walking there — no excuse to slug the skater as he was apologizing. It was good to see a kind bystander step in to comfort the obviously frightened boy.


50 posted on 08/22/2013 11:13:56 AM PDT by mikrofon (**BUMP**)
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To: nonamer
Professional skateboarder Leland Goldberg was at a skatepark shooting a segment for “Warm Gravy”—a pro skateboarding mixtape—when a child running through the area ended up directly in his path.

Bleacher Report

51 posted on 08/22/2013 11:15:19 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: svcw

Apparently they have closed off circuits where they can practice and not in a public park.

People like this guy are a hazard to themselves and others.


52 posted on 08/22/2013 11:17:53 AM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: nonamer

It happened in Cannery Park in Hayward, California. It’s large complex that contains a skate plaza, basketball courts and other thing.

If you look on skateboard forums where they’ve discussed this they’ve posted some photos of the area and it certainly looks like this took place in the skate plaza.


53 posted on 08/22/2013 11:20:26 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: Las Vegas Ron

If that is the case then I am wrong, and the woman had no business having her kid run loose there.


54 posted on 08/22/2013 11:22:32 AM PDT by Venturer ( cowardice posturing as tolerance =political correctness)
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To: Venturer

What part of skatepark do you keep missing? Is it willful blindness? Do you have proof the fufe skated in violation of a law? And do you think rollerskating should be banned from the board/beach walks in Cali/elsewhere too?

What other normal activities would you see liberalized...er banned?


55 posted on 08/22/2013 11:23:23 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

I never offered proof nor claimed I had any. I’m stating my opinion based on observation and logic. I have NEVER seen a skate park with potted plants, gazebos, and trash cans in the middle of it. Maybe they do exist but I would doubt it because it wouldn’t make any sense.

So, instead of trying to prove the “liberal slant” in othersr posts when none is present, maybe you should try and comment on what was posted.


56 posted on 08/22/2013 11:26:37 AM PDT by nonamer
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To: Venturer

I was just going by the comments at the link....but you know how YT commenters are....who knows.

It does change things though if it’s true.


57 posted on 08/22/2013 11:27:56 AM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Pan_Yan

Sorry, a blogger is NOT proof.


58 posted on 08/22/2013 11:28:09 AM PDT by nonamer
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To: nonamer

You ask for real evidence, the offer your opinion? Strange.


59 posted on 08/22/2013 11:31:43 AM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (Now I am just being a punk.)
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To: nonamer

Bleacher Reports isn’t a blog. It’s a sports news website owned by Time Warner.


60 posted on 08/22/2013 11:33:12 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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