I think you should buy him a copy of Roadhouse and show him how bouncers are supposed to act(hahaha).
Talk to the owner of the club. Bouncers should descalate a confrontation not escalate them. It’s a business not an MMA arena.
Many years ago I was at a bar and a woman fell over drunk on a wet floor. I helped her up and a bouncer came flying out of nowhere and tackled me and her. He thought I was pushing her down. He jumped up and started pumping his fist in the air. Bad move on his part since I took him down pretty hard. Next bouncer had a little more sense and used a simple restraining hold to calm the situation down.
I got walked outside. Explained to the police and he had no issue letting me go and he said the bouncers inside were idiots. It helped that I wasn’t drunk. Spoke to the owner the next day and he let the bouncer go without any discussion. The kid didn’t deny it at all.
I think suing the bar would be a shitty/trashy thing to do.
Pressing charges on the bouncer might be fun though. Just to have the last word. He left himself open for it. But if you were going to push him, you should have been ready for the repercussion.
[quote]blok wrote:
CaliforniaLaw wrote:
blok wrote:
BTW you sound just like some poser internet badass, but im sure you did one round house kick and knocked all 5 guys out.
LOL. Whatever I did, I sure didn’t press charges. That’s what punks who start fights do. You are the reason I now avoid fights. It’s not guys with knives I fear. It’s people who (like you) start crap, give a hard push, and then run to the police when you get hit. It’s not like you had your jaw broken or incurred any medical expenses. You just got a good punch in return for your shit talking and pushing. Yet you still ran for the police. Pathetic.
Again, that pressing charges under these circumstances would even [u]occur[/u] to you tells me you’re fronting. It’s that simple.
There are many forums where you can get away with these types of tall tales. You can’t get away with them at T-Mag - at least not for now. In a couple of years, after a changing of the guard, who knows?
well usually i go everywhere with my lawyer but i didnt this time and didnt know what to do.
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[quote]blok wrote:
I was at a local Bar/club and they were closing so everyone started walking out. one of the dip shit bouncers kept whistling really loud and it happend to be right in my ear. I turned around and was pretty pissed so i said “can you stop fucking whistling in my ear”.
He was a pretty big smart ass so he got right in my face and was about to whistle again and i gave him a soft push to get out of my face. He then punched me in the side of the head, normally i would of fought him instantly, but i knew there was cops all over and i assumed one of them had saw it.
Well none of the cops say it so i tried to find one and when i did all they said was leave. Fuck that i kept saying the fucking bouncer punched me in the head the cop just kept telling me to leave, it wasnt until i said i knew the local sheriff that they agreed to help me. so i pressed charges against the shit head bouncer.
My question is- is it worth going to court about it or should i just drop the charges. and do you think i could sue the bar?
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If you touched him first you will probably lose.
[quote]jp_dubya wrote:
Folks, leave before you are asked to. At last call, if they don’t have your tab in their hand, (they should), then ask for it and immediately pay. Take your bathroom break while they are running your credit card, finish your drink and get the hell out.
Have you ever had guests in your house that just wouldn’t leave? Imagine there is a fine to you in your own house because a guest just wouldn’t leave.
If you haven’t closed the sale when the lights go up, you blew it.
When is Johnny law just cherry picking people out of the parking lot to arrest? When the herd moves.
Should the bouncer have punched you? no. Should you have even have touched him? no.[/quote]
Exactly. There is always more to a story than is being told, I like the first few posts on how bouncers were power tripping because of blah blah blah…while there are bouncers than can be dicks most of the time they just want to do their job.
While he shouldn’t have punched you I’m not sure why after he punched you he didn’t grab your ass and throw you out of the bar headfirst?
[quote]CaliforniaLaw wrote:
This post needs translated.
blok wrote:
I was at a local Bar/club and they were closing so everyone started walking out. I am one of those people who won’t leave when the bouncers tell me to. I wait until they start sweeping everyone away, because I know if I stay for just 30 more seconds, I will get laid. one of the dip shit bouncers kept whistling really loud and it happend to be right in my ear. I turned around and was pretty pissed so i said “can you stop fucking whistling in my ear”.
He was a pretty big smart ass so he got right in my face and was about to whistle again and i gave him a soft push to get out of my face. Actually, I pushed him really hard. He didn’t budge, which is odd since I bench press 500 pounds He then punched me in the side of the head, normally i would of fought him instantlynot really, but this is the Internet, so WTF, why not say it? , but i knew there was cops all over and i assumed one of them had saw it.
I then kept nagging the police and DA to press charges. Finally, to get rid of me, they did.
My question is- is it worth going to court about it or should i just drop the charges. and do you think i could sue the bar, as I want to get rich because a bouncer punched me after I pushed him.[/quote]
Your post was a lot of things…However, funny was not one of them.
I think the bouncer was just doing his job so good luck trying to press charges. You started a fight so the bouncer was doing his job and ending it in one punch.
I used to be a bouncer, a “scrapper”, as they called it and my job was to jump in the middle of fights and “crack some skulls” (thats what the owner told us to do). People tried to press charges all the time but its like a police officer using his knight stick to break up a fight.
You got nothin’. The only thing you will get out of suing him is a legal bill. Shit happens, move on, don’t tie up the legal system with shit like this. You’re lucky you didn’t pull something like this in the UK where they have looser laws when it comes to bouncers. If you had, you would probably be going through some surgeries right now to restructure your face.
DB
I can’t whistle. Dammit, that means I can never be a bouncer.
Dude, when the lights go on, leave. If you don’t, you can get arrested.
When they make last call, it’s time to pay up and leave. People who just hang around after they turn on the lights like they have no place else to go just look pathetic. And when you shove someone, you should expect to get punched.
You decided not to sue. I support this decision and your mind seems made up.
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Having been a bouncer at strip clubs, night clubs, bars, and private parties, I can relate to this situation really well. The fact of the matter is you instigated the physical confrontation. Yes, he was being an asshole. And yes, he was pushing you metaphorically speaking. But you pushed him literally.
Now, the bouncer code dictates that you never, ever, swing first. But, I gotta say, if someone pushes me, I’m gonna push them back much harder.
I agree with what has been said so far, if you sue, you;ll probably lose, and if you happened to win, the most you would get is the club firing the bouncer…