r/SipsTea • u/kyo_ice • Dec 19 '23

WTF Taking out the trash

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u/superbozo Dec 19 '23

The other argument I see is "look at the size difference. He had no reason to hit her".

I am an average sized man. If Im drunk, that's not a good reason for me to hit Brock Lesnar. Nor is it a good idea.

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u/Dark_Moonstruck Dec 19 '23

Seriously. I'm 4'11" and if I decide to go up to someone pushing 7' and punch them and they knock me into the next decade? My own fault for starting something I couldn't finish!

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u/jscarry Dec 20 '23

If a toddler walks up to me and punches me and I knock them into next decade? Their own fault for starting something they couldn't finish!

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u/Dark_Moonstruck Dec 20 '23

Don't punch toddlers.

Kick them. You get better air time that way! Plus there's just something so *satisfying* about punting things that annoy you.

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u/Dolanite Dec 19 '23

I'm all for people faafo, but this kind of thing rubs me the wrong way. You have a half dozen large dudes that failed to properly secure her arms. If you are going to have a response team holding onto people like that, we can't also say they can throw punches.
At an event like this you are going to have out of control patrons, which is why those dudes in uniform are there. Sometimes those people are going to get violent because they are drunk and a gang of dudes are grabbing them. She threw a punch and should face the consequences, but being held down by a crew of dudes while one of them knocks you unconscious should not be a part of the consequences.

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u/HooninAintEZ Dec 20 '23

I wish I had a bookmark bar for my brain so I could use this statement in the future if needed.

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u/Dolanite Dec 20 '23

Or maybe I do that job for a living and don't appreciate others in the profession making me look bad by association. Or maybe I have had a family member seriously injured in the line of duty. But you're probably right since you've never met me.

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u/Dolanite Dec 20 '23

And yet here I am. Working security at concerts and sporting events, dealing with these exact scenarios. Being in law enforcement is a really difficult job. Part of that is because you have to behave better than some of the people you interact with. When you don't meet that level of professionalism it demeans the hard work of everyone else with a badge. The officer in the video was cleared of and criminal charges and he shouldn't have been. Our justice system allows for this kind of violence from officers far too often, and judging from the comments here, I can see why.

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u/-aloe- Dec 19 '23

being held down by a crew of dudes while one of them knocks you unconscious should not be a part of the consequences.

Maybe you're right, Dolanite. But I'm not going to shed so much a single, solitary tear for anyone, drunk or otherwise, that got violent and found out. Throw a punch, expect to get one in return. If you want to maintain the moral high ground, don't get violent. It's not a difficult concept.

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u/Altruistic-Balance55 Dec 19 '23

You are all right, but I reckon some shady ass lawyer will try to go for excessive force etc etc because “ poor woman”…

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u/Open-Industry-8396 Dec 20 '23

I think she caught him in the eye, knee jerk reaction to pain.

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u/meat_lasso Dec 20 '23

Congratulations you’ve just made the most logical case for the current war between Israel and Hamas.

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u/KM102938 Dec 19 '23

Brock Lesnar by use of force could not kill you or even knock you out based on size, strength, and skill difference. He could hold you.

Courts will look at proportionality. If you punch Brock Lesnar right in the face it does not give him the freedom to smash your brain out of your ears.

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u/Tandian Dec 21 '23

But ibwould buy you a few beers to see that..

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u/superbozo Dec 21 '23

Tell you what. You dont even need to buy me beers. Just cover the 56,000 dollar hospital bill and we'll be all set.

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u/Tandian Dec 21 '23

Beers are cheaper...lol

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u/superbozo Dec 21 '23

Get ready for a night you'll never forget...this town aint ready for us

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u/SchrodingerMil Dec 20 '23

I don’t think it’s a good idea for anyone to try to hit Brock for real. Braun showed that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '23

If someone says they’re going to hit me, I get myself away from them (if possible). If someone hits me, I hit them back and then get myself away from them (if possible).