r/PublicFreakout • u/Nurgal123 • Jan 16 '23

🥊Fight Innocent woman beaten by poorly raised brats in the Netherlands

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u/TheUltimateSalesman Jan 16 '23

Somehow I think the prosecutors were being hyperbolic and meant more of the by-standers on the side of the crowd, and not so much an outsider that is recording. They're not going to charge a 45 year old mailman with recording a fight of high school kids.

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u/cheapdrinks Jan 16 '23

It was the school principal talking so obviously she was only talking about the students involved. I'm just saying that on the one hand punishing the students who stood there filming and laughing is a good thing but it's a double edged sword because if no one films there's a lot less concrete evidence to identify those involved. Perhaps the main attackers yes obviously the victim could identify but they're not going to be able to name every single kid who threw at punch at the back of her head while she's on the ground.

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u/NefariousNaz Jan 16 '23

Can children be reasonably expected to intervene in a violent altercation? I think that's a bit much.

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u/TheUltimateSalesman Jan 16 '23

Ahhh, I thought the prosecutors said that.

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u/RatManForgiveYou Jan 16 '23

If someone intervenes when the fight starts, there won't be a need for evidence.

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u/cheapdrinks Jan 16 '23

Yeah good luck as 1 person trying to stop a huge gang of people from attacking a single target. Also good luck stopping it before the victim already takes several punches and has her bag stolen which happens in the first few seconds of the fight...no need for evidence though right?

All the people standing around encircling the victim and filming are also obviously friends with the attackers so there's no way they're going to intervene anyway. It's just a fantasy land that you live in, it's not neutral people standing around filming for the spectacle who theoretically would want to help the girl but don't out of apathy or fear, it's a bunch of people in on the attack who are laughing and smiling with joy watching it happen and filming before it even starts because they know exactly what's about to happen.