Have you heard of anything like this in your communities and have you had lessons to deal with it? Apparently here in St. Louis some teens are playing a game in which one earns points by knocking out unsuspecting victims in the streets with surprise punchs or kicks. A 72-year old Vietnamese immigrant was killed this way here recently and there are many other victims.
Acording to a story (http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2011...ng-elex-murphy-hoang-nguyen-dutchtown-murder/) in The Riverfront Times, our local alternative weekly, some teens as young as 14 are participating. The paper says,
"the rules of Knockout King are straightforward... A lead attacker is chosen from among a group of boys, usually young adolescents. Next a target is picked out. Then the attacker either charges the unsuspecting victim or motions for his attention. When the target turns or lifts his head, the attacker strikes. If the victim is felled by the punch, the group usually scatters. But if the target withstands the blow, other members of the group may follow up with their fists to finish the job ...
Kids list various motivations for taking part: glory, boredom, peer pressure and showing off one's toughness ..."
Acording to a story (http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2011...ng-elex-murphy-hoang-nguyen-dutchtown-murder/) in The Riverfront Times, our local alternative weekly, some teens as young as 14 are participating. The paper says,
"the rules of Knockout King are straightforward... A lead attacker is chosen from among a group of boys, usually young adolescents. Next a target is picked out. Then the attacker either charges the unsuspecting victim or motions for his attention. When the target turns or lifts his head, the attacker strikes. If the victim is felled by the punch, the group usually scatters. But if the target withstands the blow, other members of the group may follow up with their fists to finish the job ...
Kids list various motivations for taking part: glory, boredom, peer pressure and showing off one's toughness ..."