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A Florida teacher who was beaten senseless by a 270 pound student has refused to support a lighter sentence for the teen. High school teacher Joan Naydich was violently attacked by Brendan Depa, then 17, in February after she told him to stop playing on his Nintendo Switch. The autistic teen was seen on video punching and kicking the educator in the back and head until she lay on the ground unconscious. Eventually the 6-foot-6 teen, now 18, was pulled away and restrained by other staff. Naydich, was taken to a local hospital and treated after the assault. Depa, reportedly...

Lifelong Rehab BOURBON, Mo. (KTVI) – A Missouri mother is recovering from brain damage after a roadside attack that police said stemmed from a road rage incident. Surveillance video obtained by sister station KTVI shows a driver following a woman’s car for about 4 miles on a highway near Bourbon, Missouri. What happened next almost killed Jamie Peters, a young, thriving, and energetic mother of three, as seen in pictures before the attack. (Snip) Peters was on her way to work the morning of Aug. 17 when something happened that led to another driver chasing her. “He followed her about...

COVINGTON, La. —Covington police arrested two people Thursday in connection with the beating of a teen with autismOn Friday, a 17-year-old with autism was walking home from the library when two boys approached him from behind. One of the boys struck him, breaking his jaw, police said. The teen needed surgery and is recovering from his injuries. Due in large part to the overwhelming assistance from the public, two 14-year-old boys were identified and arrested in connection with the case.

An unhinged Brooklyn man accused of punching seven women — including a 78-year-old — in brutal “knockout” attacks last year told cops he attacked six of them in “self-defense,” and hit another woman because she almost made him spill his Dunkin’ Donuts coffee, court papers revealed Wednesday. Barry Baldwin, 35, hit the women in seven separate attacks in Canarsie and Midwood between Nov. 7 and Dec. 27, court papers state. His Jan. 3 arrest came in the midst of a slew of possible “knockout game” attacks — in which innocent people are sucker-punched by thrill-seeking punks — including multiple attacks...

A 24-year-old man punched a man in the nose in a possible “knockout” attack in lower Manhattan Wednesday, and was caught minutes later, police said. Laval Woods of Harlem is charged with felony assault in the 2 p.m. incident for allegedly sneaking up behind the victim, who is 74, on Fulton St. and hitting him. A bystander saved the victim from hitting the ground, said witness Misha Erwitt. PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: Laval Woods of Harlem is arrested for punching a man in the nose at about 2 p.m. in Lower Manhattan.

Police are investigating whether an incident involving a man punching a woman in the face for no apparent reason is related to the "Knockout Game." Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department said just after 4:30 p.m. Monday officers responded to a call of an assault and battery in the 14000 block of Blossom Hill Road. Witnesses told police a man confronted a woman in a strip mall parking lot and struck her in the face with a single closed fist. The victim fell to the ground and sustained non-life threatening injuries. Manny Singh, who owns the nearby Los Gatos Pizza, said...

A popular game called "knockout," usually played by young men and teens, requires a player to throw a surprise punch at a total stranger, who is actually not playing the game - and could be called the "target" or "object" of the game. If the player knocks out a stranger with a single punch he is the winner. In the second half of 2013, a number of games were reported in the United States, hosted in such places as Jersey City, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Milwaukee, Seattle, Syracuse, Fort Meyers, St. Louis and many other cities....

<p>The hookup got hot and wild, and one of the two men whipped out his cellphone to shoot a video of the room-to-room romp with the woman they'd just met that night.</p> <p>The sex video may have been the only thing that saved the two from prison.</p>

Wimp Obama refuses to physically attack McCain w/pole by Bob Johnson Wed Aug 20, 2008 at 10:03:20 AM PDT Like many others here, I have been loudly "encouraging" Barack Obama to physically attack the geezer, John McCain. But, no. Obama is all "pacifist" and shit and he, apparently, doesn't think knocking the snot out of that old goat is "the right thing to do." Well, I have news for Mr. "I'll-play-nice" Obama: Nice guys finish last. (And, yes, Obama camp, feel free to use that quote I just made up.) When is Obama gonna', literally, punch McCain square in his...

Three weeks after she was beaten bloody by a homeless man in Justin Herman Plaza, San Francisco Police Sgt. Paget Mitchell is up and about, although using a cane for a knee that may need surgery. The two men who rushed in to pull the attacker off her, software salesman Bill Mutch and bicyclist Michael Waring, were accepting awards Wednesday afternoon from the San Francisco Police Officers Association for stepping up and helping when others stood by. Richard Jaworski, the "Sign Guy" who is accused of attacking Mitchell, is in jail, facing two felony counts for assault. Mitchell says her...