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New York cops call 'Knockout' attack harassment, not assault | The Daily Caller
Rochester New York police are characterizing the brazen attack of an elderly woman as harassment rather than what it appears to be another example of the hotly-debated knockout game.
The attacker, a young black male who operated a Facebook account under the name True Goon Tocool Sneekey, narrated his plan for the camera.
True Goon, who according to his now-deleted Facebook account attends John Marshall High School in Rochester, grabbed a snowball from the ground saying, Im about to smack the old lady with the snowball when she come out the store.
True Goon proceeded to dance and shimmy for the camera as his friends laughed.
This is the skinny bop, he said as the woman emerged from the store.
But the teen didnt use the snowball. Instead, True Goon slung a left-handed haymaker into the womans face. After the vicious hit, the woman, looking bewildered, grabbed the side of her head. She remained standing though, meaning that True Goon did not win that days Knockout Game.
Smack cam! screamed the videographer five times after the punch was landed.
The young men scrambled away from the scene. Oh shit, let me get the fuck out of here, said the young man controlling the camera. She gonna call the cops, he said in a celebratory rather than a fearful tone.
Despite the obvious assault, Rochester police spokeswoman Sgt. Elena Correia said that the incident is more likely an example of a harassment than an assault, reported The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
Correia told The Democrat & Chronicle that the attack did not seem to resemble the Knockout Game but that she agreed that the video was disturbing.
The Daily Caller News Foundation followed up with Correia. At this time there are no updates, she said.
Based on the video itself and on New York penal law, it constitutes harassment.
TheDCNF asked Correia if investigators saw that True Goon had hit the woman with his fist.
Yes, we saw that, she said, but clarified that an assault charge would require the victim to suffer substantial pain.
A debate has raged about whether or not the large number of random, vicious attacks fall into the Knockout Game genre. Most of the perpetrators of the incidents are young black males. The victims are often white. These patterns have have added further debate to not only whether or not knockout game is a trend, but also if young black males tend to be perpetrators of the attacks.
Rochester New York police are characterizing the brazen attack of an elderly woman as harassment rather than what it appears to be another example of the hotly-debated knockout game.
The attacker, a young black male who operated a Facebook account under the name True Goon Tocool Sneekey, narrated his plan for the camera.
True Goon, who according to his now-deleted Facebook account attends John Marshall High School in Rochester, grabbed a snowball from the ground saying, Im about to smack the old lady with the snowball when she come out the store.
True Goon proceeded to dance and shimmy for the camera as his friends laughed.
This is the skinny bop, he said as the woman emerged from the store.
But the teen didnt use the snowball. Instead, True Goon slung a left-handed haymaker into the womans face. After the vicious hit, the woman, looking bewildered, grabbed the side of her head. She remained standing though, meaning that True Goon did not win that days Knockout Game.
Smack cam! screamed the videographer five times after the punch was landed.
The young men scrambled away from the scene. Oh shit, let me get the fuck out of here, said the young man controlling the camera. She gonna call the cops, he said in a celebratory rather than a fearful tone.
Despite the obvious assault, Rochester police spokeswoman Sgt. Elena Correia said that the incident is more likely an example of a harassment than an assault, reported The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.
Correia told The Democrat & Chronicle that the attack did not seem to resemble the Knockout Game but that she agreed that the video was disturbing.
The Daily Caller News Foundation followed up with Correia. At this time there are no updates, she said.
Based on the video itself and on New York penal law, it constitutes harassment.
TheDCNF asked Correia if investigators saw that True Goon had hit the woman with his fist.
Yes, we saw that, she said, but clarified that an assault charge would require the victim to suffer substantial pain.
A debate has raged about whether or not the large number of random, vicious attacks fall into the Knockout Game genre. Most of the perpetrators of the incidents are young black males. The victims are often white. These patterns have have added further debate to not only whether or not knockout game is a trend, but also if young black males tend to be perpetrators of the attacks.
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