Supposed Line Jumper in Coma

[CaroPhoenix]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/que...863793506.html

Woman thinks 57-year-old man jumped in front of her in line. She calls boyfriend who shows up and with one punch sends said man to the floor. Blood everywhere. Man is in coma.

[katie kaboom]

She calls boyfriend who shows up and with one punch sends said man to the floor. Blood everywhere. Man is in coma.[/COLOR]

God forbid if he dies, the boyfriend had better be arrested for murder. People like that do no belong living in society.

[XCashier]

I don't like line jumpers either, but he certainly didn't deserve that.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Yeah, much more force that the situation called for and an overreaction. But if the victim survives, I bet he doesn't line-jump ever again, if he even did the first time

[dendawg]

...if the victim survives...[snip]

He didn't.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ttack.html?OMG

[tropicsgoddess]

I don't like people that cut or jump in line, but there was no excuse for the guy to be one-punched into a coma just for that.

[katie kaboom]

I don't like people that cut or jump in line, but there was no excuse for the guy to be one-punched into a coma just for that.

I smell a lawsuit here....and i hope the victim's family wins.

[TealJellyfish]

Completely off topic... but I find it amusing that this happened in London and the Link is for an Australian News Paper...Ok and back to topic

Thats awful! Poor guy! I hope that the Girlfriend and Her boyfriend are both charged!

[ditchdj]

I bet that it wasn't the punch itself that killed him but the direct hit his head took when it smacked the floor when he felled down from the blow.

[Chanlin]

I Drink A rum your current avatar is made of awesome. Very funny


On topic: Wow...just wow. I mean seriously, if you get so worked up over something so stupid I'd hate to see what your blood pressure is like later on in life.

[blas]

At least that scum is in jail where he belongs. If only the woman were there, too.

How much do you wanna bet the guy didn't even cut in line, she probably wasn't even paying attention?

[Gravekeeper]

At least that scum is in jail where he belongs. If only the woman were there, too.

How much do you wanna bet the guy didn't even cut in line, she probably wasn't even paying attention?

He didn't, actually. That article is missing a lot of info, surprisingly. The full story was some teenager ( 18-19 ) had been harassing the attacker's wife in the parking lot. Then he went into the store, harassed the customer service rep. Then the little bastard queue jumped in front of the woman in question. She called her gorilla, told him some kid had been harassing her in the parking lot and had just cut in line in front of her. He came over, she pointed at the kid, but Mulgor the Fuckwitted mistook where she was pointing and punched out the guy NEXT to the kid.

So no, that poor guy did nothing wrong. He was just standing next to the wrong person. It was the impact of his head on the floor that did him in too, not the punch.

The kid in question was arrested for threatening behaviour to her and the CSR as well.

[ditchdj]

The kid in question was arrested for threatening behaviour to her and the CSR as well.

Good to see the little punk was arrested too. He should also be charged for accessory to murder since this wouldn't even have happened if he didn't decide to act like a stupid tool to get attention.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

Wonderful. Hope the boyfriend with the fists o' fury drops the soap early and often.

And the punk kid too, for setting this whole chain of events into motion.

[One-Fang]

I bet that it wasn't the punch itself that killed him but the direct hit his head took when it smacked the floor when he felled down from the blow.

Good to see the little punk was arrested too. He should also be charged for accessory to murder since this wouldn't even have happened if he didn't decide to act like a stupid tool to get attention.

It is a tragedy and it is absolutely over-reaction and the guy deserves to pay. But murder? Especially accessory for the kid? Over-reaction much?

I'm sorry, yes he died at someone else's hands, but it seems to me that the possibility of the victim dying from the attack was slim. Murder implies premeditation. It implies intent to kill, or at the very least, knowledge that death was a likely possibility.

I don't in ANY way condone whacking a guy in the head who you think queue-jumped, but I do think a murder charge is too high. It's an accidental death. Manslaughter.

And the teenager? Held accountable for the actions of the people he pissed off? Nah. They could have chosen to ignore him, it's not his responsibility that they chose to whack someone upside the head. Think about it - when we thought the guy did queue jump at the start of this thread, everyone said the thumping was over-reaction, uncalled for. Does it make any difference that it wasn't the queue-jumper that was hit? It was unwarranted - the person 'provoking it' (the kid) cannot be held liable for that kind of overreaction.