Shocking Video: 72-Year-Old Victim of ‘Knockout’ Attack

In an apparent return of the sickening ‘knockout game,’ a 72-year-old man walking down a Manhattan street was randomly punched in the head and knocked out by a young African-American man, who then fled the scene. The shocking incident was caught on surveillance video.

From NBC New York:

Police are looking for the man they say assaulted a 72-year-old man in the West Village, punching the victim in the head as he walked down the street in what appears to be a random attack.

The man was walking down Jane Street at about 5:30 p.m. Monday when he was hit, police say.

Surveillance footage from the scene shows the attacker standing still and facing the street as the 72-year-old approaches. As the victim walks by, the suspect swings at the man, knocking him to the ground.

The attacker then runs across the street, where police say a second person was waiting.

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14 Comments

  • disgusting

    I am sorry but exactly why do black people wonder why they are profiled? instead of complaining that they are treated unfairly, why don’t they make that type of behavior unacceptable among-st themselves? then all this “racism” may just go away.

    • Milhouse

      #1 is not na¨ve; there is no reason to suppose that racism would continue if reality didn’t keep reinforcing it. Most stereotypes are true; racism consists of misapplying them in situations where they’re invalid. Stereotypes give a useful first approximation to the truth in an individual case, which must then be refined by obsevation; refusal to do so is racist. But if the stereotype weren’t true in the first place it would go away, and wouldn’t be there to be misapplied.

  • it's not a game

    The media is still calling this a knock out game. Games are fun. This is not a game. It’s assault. and the people who carry it out should be hung!
    Hang just this one attacker in central park, and there will be no more violence!

  • 613 bound

    As disgusting as this is, when SOME or even MANY black people do horrible things, it is not ALL black people and we can’t forget that. Bernie Madoff makes us look bad and we don’t want to be judged poorly because of him!

    And…there are black Jews…please do not forget that and seeing comments about blacks hurts them very much. We have 2 black families in our shul….

    I hope the man will recover quickly, physically and emotionally.

    • Milhouse

      The difference is that Madoff was not typical of Jews. He was a rare exception. If fraud were as common among Jews as violence is among blacks, then no sane person would trust a Jew without first knowing him very well.

  • 613 bound

    and that the horrible person who harmed this man will be caught and punished!!!

  • CMM

    it should never ever come to this but the surveillance cameras do help catch perps.
    these people are so sick. they grew up in deficient homes where their basic needs were not met and where they had anger to fill in for love and attention.

  • where is he

    Why dont we hear Obama say here he sees this criminal as his son. Its unbelievable the double standard out there. Just imagine a surveillance camera showing a young white guy doing this to an elderly black man the kind of commotion that wpuld cause.

    • Milhouse

      If the victim had defended himself and had killed his attacker (and especially if he had a Jewish-sounding name), then 0bama might have said that the attacker could have been his son.