Fist in the face

The new game of American teenagers led to the death of seven people

In the United States, a new cruel game is gaining popularity among teenagers: its point is to knock out a stranger with one blow, showing your peers your strength, and then upload the video to YouTube . New York television channel CBS 2 reports on this .

New York teenagers have come up with a new form of entertainment. The point of the game, called “Knockout,” is to knock out a stranger passing by with one precise blow. The cruel sport is gaining popularity in several American cities: Hoboken, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Syracuse.

One of the victims shown in the video is a 46-year-old man from Hoboken, New Jersey. His body was found with a broken neck and his head stuck between the bars of a metal fence. In the video, he walks past a group of teenagers in an alley when he is suddenly punched in the head and loses consciousness.

Another surveillance video shows the guy running up behind the man and stabbing him in the back of the head. He instantly falls, losing consciousness while still in flight and not even having time to put his hands in front of him.

Teenagers interviewed by the TV channel explain that this is done for fun and “just to see if you have enough strength to knock someone out.” There is no hatred or any other underlying motive in the motive, other than boredom and the desire to stand out among peers.

"You knock him out with one punch, and then you take his personal belongings."

On November 15, a woman from Washington reported that she was the victim of a similar attack. A group of several teenagers rode up to her on bicycles, and one of them hit her from behind. Police classified the incident as a "common assault" in the report. After the story was published by DCist.com , its readers began to report many similar cases of attacks by teenagers on bicycles.

The American media began to actively report on mass incidents of attacks by teenagers only after a series of deaths: a total of seven people died, Fox News reports . Most reports do not specify race: the attacking black teenagers are usually referred to as "teenagers", although former radio host Neil Boortz notes that this is a classic case of black violence.

The knockout game is a perfect example of the culture of violence in the black community. It's a fact ... and has to be dealt with.

— Neal Boortz (@Talkmaster) November 20, 2013

The Knockout story first received widespread coverage following the story of a widow from St. Lewis. In 2011, her husband was killed with one blow by 20-year-old Elex Murphy: for this and other crimes, in the spring of 2013, he was sentenced to 55 years in prison.

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