Guess What? The ‘Knockout Game’ Is America’s Latest Phony Panic

As an advocate for concealed carry, I couldn't help but to post a portion of a related article. Boy Scouts had it right folks.

TheBlaze has been covering the frightening uptick in the so-called “knockout game,” in which thugs randomly target people and punch the unsuspecting victims in public for kicks.

Well, it’s taken an interesting turn in Lansing, Mich.

There it’s reportedly called “Point-em-out, Knock-em-out,” according to WILX-TV in Lansing, and the station said one incident didn’t turn out so well…for the attacker.


Examples of others playing the “knockout game.”

Examples of others playing the “knockout game.”
The incident actually happened in February but is now getting play because of the recent rash of attacks. On that day, the school day was over, and a father was waiting for a school bus to drop off his six-year-old girl.

“I saw the van circle twice and the second time three came out,” the victim told WILX, which didn’t reveal his identity out of concern for his safety. “I didn’t suspect anything. I hadn’t any enemies, or any reason to believe that they would be looking or doing anything to me.”

Marvell Weaver, 17, apparently had other ideas.

“He shoved something into my side,” the victim said of Weaver. “I wasn’t sure what it was. It had some force to it. I wasn’t sure if it was a knife or a gun.”

It was a taser. One that fortunately didn’t work.

What did operate just fine, however, was the victim’s concealed-carry .40 caliber pistol.


Image source: WILX-TV
The intended victim shot Weaver twice, once in the leg and the other shot landing an inch away from his spine in the February 26 incident. WILX says Weaver has since been sentenced to a year in jail.
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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...concealed-carry-permit-holder-and-he-used-it/
 
Bottom line, I disagree that there's something new to worry about. I disagree that this is a black only thing and I disagree that it is being reported to instill fear of black kids. I do agree that there seems to be an uptick to this sort of thing and that is why it is being reported. I really doubt that it will ever happen in my neighborhood.
 
Funny how this denial of the problem comes from the same crowd who told us the Zimmermann verdict would result in wholesale gunning down of black youths by white, half-white, or whatever folks.
 
NOVA said:
This isn't about a 'crime wave' or typical 'random violence'....
this is a very very specific crime.

A crime that gets shown on youtube as a funthing.....
a crime that is caught on security cameras that makes it undeniable,
in broad daylight,
on crowded streets,
committed by a very specific and well recognized group of people,
happening to a very specific type of victim.
not random at all, but very specifically race based
raced based for both the victim and perp.
a classic hate crime, by definition.

And, your story about 'wilding' is total bullshit.....the thugs themselves when caught and questioned used that very term....it was what they called it...wilding.
http://tinyurl.com/d3rkyl2
Wilding was and is a real as the air between your ears.
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If you had bothered to read...

Once such crimes are relabeled, of course, young thugs who are inclined to attack people for no particular reason may start using the new terminology, thereby retroactively validating it. If Marajh and his friends really were talking about "the knockout game," they were probably discussing what they'd heard from news outlets hyping this supposedly new trend.

You are nothing but racist scum. Kids of other races have and do do similar things. It's not new.
 
The rate of violent victimization increased 17%, from 19.3 victimizations per 1,000 persons age 12 or
older in 2010 to 22.5 in 2011.

A 22% increase in the number of assaults accounted for the increase in violent crime.

Increases in the rates of violent victimizations for whites, Hispanics, younger persons, and males accounted for the majority of the increase in violent crime.

Residents in urban areas continued to experience the highest rates of total and serious violence.

The rate of property crime increased 11%, from 125.4 per 1,000 households in 2010 to 138.7 in 2011.

From 2010 to 2011, household burglary increased 14% from 25.8 to 29.4 per 1,000 households.


Hasa Diga Eebowai said:
Yes, crime is rare.
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics is the statistical agency of the U.S. Department of Justice. James P. Lynch is the director.
This report was written by Jennifer L. Truman, Ph.D., and Michael Planty, Ph.D. Lynn Langton verified the report.
Jill Thomas edited the report, and Barbara Quinn and Morgan Young produced the report under the supervision of Doris J. James.

October 2012, NCJ 239437

http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2012/10/obama-doj-growth-in-violent-crimes-against-whites/
 
Hasa Diga Eebowai said:
If you had bothered to read...

Once such crimes are relabeled, of course, young thugs who are inclined to attack people for no particular reason may start using the new terminology, thereby retroactively validating it. If Marajh and his friends really were talking about "the knockout game," they were probably discussing what they'd heard from news outlets hyping this supposedly new trend.

You are nothing but racist scum. Kids of other races have and do do similar things. It's not new.
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If YOU bothered to read, my post doesn't even mention the term....

No one is questioning the label "the knockout game".....do you have a problem with following your own posts....???

I don't know where the term originated but I'm sure the thugs have their own pet term for it....and you're as asshole.
 
Hasa Diga Eebowai said:
And that was not my point. My point was that "the ‘game’ amount to little more than an urban myth" and is being used by racist scum to create hysteria.
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So its not really happening, huh ?....Those videos are all faked ?....Black actors coldcocking white actors....thats amazing......Different cities just picked up on it and just conspired to create a myth....really ? Who the hell are these racist scum manufacturing these videos ?

Are you desh in disguise ?
 
NOVA said:
If YOU bothered to read, my post doesn't even mention the term....

No one is questioning the label "the knockout game".....do you have a problem with following your own posts....???

I don't know where the term originated but I'm sure the thugs have their own pet term for it....and you're as asshole.
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It's not about the term alone. The point is that it is nothing more than random violence. The term is being used to create hysteria and give the impression that this is some new rising phenomenon. Random acts of violence are not limited to blacks nor are all the victims white.

And you're a racist and brain dead pos.
 
NOVA said:
So its not really happening, huh ?....Those videos are all faked ?....Black actors coldcocking white actors....thats amazing......Different cities just picked up on it and just conspired to create a myth....really ? Who the hell are these racist scum manufacturing these videos ?

Are you desh in disguise ?
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What videos? The Reason story mentions one that had nothing at all to do with any knockout game. There is no indication that any "cities" picked up on anything. The police have explicitly denied that it is anything other than the usual random acts of violence.

Based on the spam you post here all the time as if it is reality my guess is you are far too stupid and gullible to realize you are being manipulated. But then if you were not such a racist pos you might show a little more skepticism.
 
Hasa Diga Eebowai said:
It's not about the term alone. The point is that it is nothing more than random violence. The term is being used to create hysteria and give the impression that this is some new rising phenomenon. Random acts of violence are not limited to blacks nor are all the victims white.

And you're a racist and brain dead pos.
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And I repeat....I said NOTHING about the term....the 'term' used is a red herring, irrelevant.
Random ?
YES....Always a one punch to an unsuspecting passersby
YES....Always white victims, not random at all.
YES....Always black thugs,
No obvious motive except racism on the part of the thug
No robbery

Do you have any clue as to the definition of random ?.....Are you really from this planet ?
 
NOVA said:
And I repeat....I said NOTHING about the term....the 'term' used is a red herring, irrelevant.
Random ?
YES....Always a one punch to an unsuspecting passersby
YES....Always white victims, not random at all.
YES....Always black thugs,
No obvious motive except racism on the part of the thug
No robbery

Do you have any clue as to the definition of random ?.....Are you really from this planet ?
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Bullshit, you racist scumbag. Random acts of violence do not all include a white victim or a black perpetrator. Not even your story presents such data. You are selecting only those crimes that meet this criteria and then pretending it's a trend.

Random, in this context, means that the act has no purpose other than to create mayhem. Teenage males often fight just to fight. It is pretty fucked up but nothing new or to get your Depends in a wad over.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/29/us/california-huntington-beach-rampage/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/ginger-attack.html
 
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leaningright said:
Bottom line, I disagree that there's something new to worry about. I disagree that this is a black only thing and I disagree that it is being reported to instill fear of black kids. I do agree that there seems to be an uptick to this sort of thing and that is why it is being reported. I really doubt that it will ever happen in my neighborhood.
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Probably because you don't live around lots of gangsta wannabe black yutes
 
PostmodernProphet said:
I understand.....because it has been going on longer and is more widespread than thought before, it is less of a problem.......
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NO-NO; you have it all wrong.

It's because there's only been ".. a few instances out of tens of thousands of assaults... and that's what makes it less of a problem. :palm:
 
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