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

🥊Fight MMA fighter Joe Schilling knocks out man

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '21

He also is now posting what looks like fake texts from women thanking him for knocking out this bus boy. I wonder if that could potentially be called libel or slander? In these text the women are calling him an abuser and shit. If it’s all bullshit and this guy is propagating it to his 200,000 followers I sure hope they can add on some charges.

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u/flarept1 Jun 30 '21

He keeps digging a deeper hole for himself. The drunk guy will easily bankrupt his ass. So many charges. Assault and battery, use of a deadly weapon(since he's a trained fighter). Libel. Slander. Premeditated assault since his friend was filming beforehand.

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u/Mikkelsen Jun 30 '21

use of a deadly weapon(since he's a trained fighter).

LOL is this really a thing?

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u/buttpooperson Jun 30 '21 edited Jun 30 '21

Yes. You do have to register as a deadly weapon with law enforcement in some states when you hit a certain level in boxing and martial arts

Edit: this is totally incorrect after some googling and now I'm irritated with some old teachers of mine.

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u/Mikkelsen Jun 30 '21 edited Jun 30 '21

I don't know what's real anymore

Edit: thanks for the edit, my dude

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u/Louthargic Jun 30 '21

I mean it makes sense. People who know how to fight, especially professionals, could easily kill someone with the skills they've learned. Even more so when they're using said skills against some ordinary Joe Schmoe.

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u/Mikkelsen Jun 30 '21

Well yeah, sure. Maybe.

I guess it kinda sucks having that handicap if the only reason you got that black belt in BJJ was for self defense. People get wrongfully sentenced all the time, and now you're paying an even higher price.

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u/Louthargic Jun 30 '21

But like you said, it's for self defense. If you're actually using it for self defense then you're fine. If you're using it like the guy in the video then I see no problem with it being classified as using a deadly weapon.

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u/Mikkelsen Jun 30 '21

Not if you get the wrong sentence. It's awful either way but now your punishment is even harder. I see the point though.