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Ok I just watched it. Totally enraged.
I’m going to find a skinny dude today and beat a permanent lisp in to him and its this dudes fault.
Amidoingitrite?
For the record though, she did swing first. Shall we reincarnate the super hero thread? When, if ever, is it ok to punch a woman? Should he have just held her in place to display dominance and dissuade aggression or put a quick end to it, which worked?
I’m curious about the back story too, what got them there?
And, of course, the kids are the real victim.[/quote]
The question is who is the aggressor in this altercation? He is obviously twice the size, backs her into a corner, kicks at something next to her, and then stands over the top of her in a threatening manner. If I were in her shoes I would probably swing at him too. And from the video do you think those punches she threw were meant to do any damage to him? Do you think that this women even has the capacity to hurt this idiot with a punch even if her intent was to do so? As far as I am concerned the fact that she threw the first punch is irrelevent.[/quote]
This situation started evolving long before she was cornered. Contrary to popular white knight belief, being bigger and stronger does not instantaneously make you the aggressor. Judges are white knights of corse, so in court, he’s going to be labeled the agressor, but in reality, he doesn’t seem to be. Near as I can see, he’s not backing her into that corner. She walked around him, to get into that corner and restrict HIS movement. She placed herself in between him, and his possession. WHILE THROWING HIM OUT OF HIS OWN HOME. He wants his shit. She’s trying to prevent him from taking his shit with him by blocking his path to it. I don’t think her punches were any more intended for damage than his were. Tempers were flaring, and punches were thrown, I doubt either of them stopped to think of the potential consequences. He sure as hell didn’t.[/quote]
I Agree that the situation started long before the video was rolling…Could care less. I don’t care what they were arguing about, whether it is over property, being kicked out of the home, him being caught fucking his neighbor’s dog…I don’t care. People argue. Once it goes to blows they are crossing the line.
I agree 100% that being bigger and stronger does not instantaneously make one the aggressor. My assessment of the situation was based on the totality of the circumstances that were present in the video. The fact is he is larger then her. Again, I agree that this alone does not make him the aggressor in and of its self, but accompanied by the fact that he DOES back her into the corner, kicks the tv behind her, and then in response to some pushes and half ass attempted strikes by her he cocks his fist back and punches her square in the head. All this combined makes him the aggressor in my book. His punch certainly did not look defensive in nature to me.
As for your issue over the property, I don’t know how things are done in Canada, but from where I come from if you are married (legal or common law) and live together, property is considered joint property. Both parties have a right to it until decided otherwise by a Judge. If you are willing to go to blows with your spouse over property you are a fucking idiot either way.
Does not matter if either of them considered the consequences of their actions before hand. They are still responsible for them.
And what pisses me off most about this whole thing is that they do this shit in front of their kids. Degenerates. Both of them.[/quote]
I don’t know man. He was taking it easy on the floor and she was crazy, bitching, unplugging his shit… He walked to the TV to regain control of the situation she was manipulating against his will and she stayed in his face, pushing buttons and attempting to hit.
He did lose his shit and should’ve been cool but she was on him.[/quote]
Not disputing the fact that she was being a bitch. And she may have been manipulating the shit out of him in order to get the response out of him that she did. After all the whole thing was caught on tape and she may have been conniving enough to set that whole thing up in order to get him arrested and ammo for their divorce proceedings. Either way he went way over the line when he punched her like he did. [/quote]
I tend to agree topically but still see a case for self defense.
Think about a bar fight, one dude hits another dude but that dude beats the shit out of the instigator. The instigator looks like the victim and the other guy the aggressor, but not true. Not true at all.
Like 9/11. We got fucking sucker punched and hit back harder, at a weaker opponent, beat the shit out of them and their friends standing in support and became the bad guy in short order. It’s bullshit psychology.[/quote]
I see and understand your point. I think about this a little more black and white then most do I assume. I have been a cop for almost 19 years so this is going to influence how I look at these type of situations. Agreed on the bar fight senario, but this is not a bar senario. This is a domestic assault where young children witnessed the assault. And I would bet my house that there is a history of this type of behavior going on in the home. The way these two were at each other was not their first rodeo. It is pretty cut and dry on how I look at this incident if I was the called to police it.
- Was there an assualt.
- Who is the aggressor if both parties are claiming mutual assault.
- Is there any evidence of an assault ie…injuries, overturned furniture, or in this case video.
- Somebody is going to jail if an assault took place.
In the bar senario I can send both people in different directions for the night and not worry about them going back to blows when I leave. I can then let a Prosecuting attorney decide at a later time if charges should be pressed if one or both parties are adamate about prosecuting.
Again what pisses me off the most about situations like this is when the do this shit in front of their kids. The only thing they are doing is teaching them to handle their conflict with violence, which in turn creates job security for me when they grow up to beat on their baby mammas or daddys.[/quote]
I hear ya, but I’d still be interested to see what a jury has to say when presented with a full story.