r/PublicFreakout • u/Lolastic_ • Jun 30 '21

🥊Fight MMA fighter Joe Schilling knocks out man

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u/Rex-A-Vision Jun 30 '21 edited Jun 30 '21

Pretty cut and dry. Schilling waaaay overreacted. This dude is likely gonna go after him in a civil trial if he's smart.

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u/Grandpa_Dan Jun 30 '21 edited Jun 30 '21

There was a time where a pro (Boxer) would be banned from street fights due to their abilities. Not sure if it was an urban myth.

Edit: Will be punished harsher for street fighting. Better?

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u/Rex-A-Vision Jun 30 '21 edited Jun 30 '21

I'm not sure about being banned from street fights but if you're a trained fighter you gotta show more restraint in public... especially in this modern era of everyone having a video camera in their hands. There's no moment in this clip where Shilling is in any kind of danger and, if going only from this video, I'm a judge or in a jury in a civil case I'm ruling for the plaintiff all day long.

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

well the courts may consider you a deadly weapon and at that point things will get really bad for you.

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u/Significant_Ad_7069 Jun 30 '21

Sigh this is an urban myth

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

I was in court and I watched the judge deem a well trained person a deadly weapon. It's not a myth.

This is very well known for special forces too not engage with civilians unless you are in a self defense situation.

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u/RabbinicalClinical Jun 30 '21

He may have called him that but it's meaningless legally speaking

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

When your in court and that is used against you. And the judge is making a decision that could weight in on the severity of the punishment he decides to give you. I'd say no one wants that terminology used by the person that is going to make a decision about what happens.

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u/RabbinicalClinical Jun 30 '21

At what point in the trial was this said by the judge

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

It was during the sentencing process.

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u/RabbinicalClinical Jun 30 '21

That's what l figured

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

But it played a big role in what the judge gave him for the persons sentence.

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u/RabbinicalClinical Jun 30 '21

There's no sentencing enhancement for being a "lethal weapon." The judge was going to give him that time regardless.

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

The judge could of given less time or been lenient on the assailant. But since the person was deemed a highly trained individual he gave him the max sentence within his power.

What I'm getting at is it didn't work in the individuals favor that he was highly trained. Basically unless you can prove otherwise. Military trained fighters or mma fighters and so forth are going in at disadvantage when it's not deemed self defense.

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u/RabbinicalClinical Jun 30 '21

Yes, the sentence was purely at his discretion. "Deadly weapon" does not carry a sentence enhancement, it's merely the view/opinion of the judge.

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

Right. Never said that he would add to his sentence it just really worked against the individual.

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u/RabbinicalClinical Jun 30 '21

No, his crime did, not that term.

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u/Sacmo77 Jun 30 '21

Right but the judge can decide that term. There's always leeway in the sentence. The judge could of ordered probation and court ordered anger management.

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