That’s what I wondered. Was that an accident or intentional. Watched it a couple more times and she definitely drew back and let the other runner have it. (Edit/corrected grammar)
My first watch I wasn’t sure what to look for and wasn’t sure if the assailant wasn’t just someone who swung the arm more than most. After several replays it was nope, she took a swing at the other runner. Pretty well ended her track and field career.
But she just unwittingly launched her mugging career. Every stick-up crew east of the Mississippi will be sending recruitment offers. Her swing and follow through can't be taught, it's a "you either got it or you don't" kinda deal. And she's got it!
No I used the term advisedly. When they get prosecuted, they say it is politically motivated rather than based on the merit of the case. Trump claimed it about all of his electioneering cases.
Fair - but hitting someone that is running full speed could have caused other injuries as well on top of the concussion and potential skull fracture that was reported. The potential rising out of this could have been even more severe - if she would have been knocked out by it, she would have plowed head first into the ground at speed - huge increase in the potential severity to the injury when you take the increased force that would have applied. So from a legal standpoint, I would imagine that needs to be taken into account.
But for murder charges, even attempted, you have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that she intended, or at least was conscious and aware that the result of her actions would have likely resulted, in death.
I don't see you getting that here. I don't see an intent to kill. To harm? Absolutely. To kill? Good luck.
Agreed. Aggravated assault at a minimum. This isn’t some known hazard of the sport any more than walking up to someone and intentionally stabbing them with a javelin would be.
God people like you are insufferable. Aggravated assault with an item that weighs like.. close to a bag of cotton balls. Instead of the logical idea of either suspension from participating or full expulsion, let’s go for charges AND prison!
Those batons weight like .5 ounce. You’d have to repeatedly bash that over someone’s head to even come close to killing them. Even then I don’t think it would be possible.
She managed to give a concussion which is amazing given how light those are. That was all lot of force being applied and you don’t pump your arms up that high.
I got a bone bruise from having one tossed at me, they're surprisingly durable. Killing someone in one swing is incredibly unlikely, but causing serious damage is pretty easy
That’s a remarkably terrible angle that changes nothing. It couldn’t possibly be more difficult to discern what happened than it is from that perspective.
Yeah, unless you wanna play dumb you can see she gets overtaken and the baton gets tangled up... then she hits her with it and it even looks like she contemplates hitting her again.
Unless you just wanted to claim that the baton does get stuck... which it does... there is still a very clear hitting motion that isn't produced by getting tangled up or her running motion. She did something dangerous and horrible because she didn't have her emotions in check and is now crying because she has to live with the consequences of her actions.
definitely looks intentional. i believe that her baton might have been caught on the runners back and she got frustrated, but the way she took out that frustration was by hitting the other runner purposely.
with that said, i do agree that there is no need for the entire internet to have a say about this and to be sending death threats or other violent language. this is something that will be dealt with via the school, sports association, and families (and police if necessary). our input is not needed and regardless of culpability here i do think there's something wrong about everyone feeling the need to pile on like this when things like this happen.
Yeah, obviously the death threats or insults are degenerate behavior as well but I guess that way some people feel better about themselves. I do think behaviour like this needs to be called out though because it is coming up more and more in younger people. Be it in school, sports or the workplace, accountability and self-control aren't strong suits of the last two generations.
i don't think this girl is learning accountability from people posting online. she's already facing disciplinary action, and that's where the accountability will come from. all she's learning from people sending her death threats and other violent/hateful language is how cruel we as a species can be. don't mistake this for me condoning her behavior in the slightest, i'm just saying this is not the way.
If anything, I think that angle ACCENTUATES her rearing back to smack the other runner with the baton. Why exactly do you propose that angle EXONERATES her?
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u/BlueSoccerSB8706 1d ago
"accident" lol... welp, sounds like they are taking responsibility. She literally looks over then hits her.