Florida Father, Referees Son's Fight, Pummels Teen Who Beat His Boy

Tim, it sounds like that dad needs to be in prison from what you said, but your link doesn't work so I can't read the story. Not sure if I really want to read the story. Some types of idiocy just make me so angry.

Gary Leroy Johnson, Florida Father, Referees Son's Fight, Pummels Teen Who Beat His Boy (Graphic Video)

Well, we don't see the FULL story. The REAL question is WHY did it happen. If it happened because the guy sucker punched the fathers kid, or some such, maybe the son wanted to make things right(He COULD have been severely hurt), and the father referreed. My connection today is slow, so I can't really watch the video.

Anyway, the kid was obviously a bully type. So the father treated him like a bully that hurt his son. The idea of size, etc.... is basically saying that because he is a minor, only minors should touch him. So the father should stand back even if his son's throat is being slit.

I could understand the father's anger in such a case.

Steve

Steve, this is one time I disagree with you. By the account related in the story, the two boys were having a "street" fight and the dad was only there to make sure it was fair. His song lost and walked away and then after a verbal exchange the father,who is clearly much larger that the boy,sucker punched him.ANd didn't stop when the boy was clearly down,he continued to beat him. The oonly bully I see is the father,which makes me wonder,like father,like son?

Strange situation. I wonder what caused this. If the dad was referring the fight, I don't understand why he'd logically attack the boy if his son lost. Doesn't make much sense.

I think there's more to the story than is being told. Not that the father was justified in what he did, but there seemed to be a lot of people standing around unconcerned.

The father needs to go to prison if the story is as it is being portrayed.

A little bit of background...In Florida, where this took place, there's been a disturbing trend to have "fight club" type events. If you've ever heard of Kimbo Slice, he got his "fame" fighting in these types of events in FLA.

This appears to have been another of these "fight club" things, where the dad was supposed to be a ref for a "fair" fight.

I don't agree with what is going on, only giving a possible (likely) explanation why there was a small crowd watching the event. In FLA, watching people fight is becoming entertainment. It's sad.

I can understand how hard it would be to watch your kid loose a fight but...

...dad was wrong to strike first at the minor - period.

His emotions got the best of him and now he's facing jail time - I think.

If it was a matter of the other kid bullying his son and the dad arranging a little get together - I see no problem with that - if the son was willing or maybe not.

After she passed away, I heard the Vice President talk about how his mother would make him go back outside and fight someone just so he could walk down the street with some dignity.

I don't know the circumstances of the initial get together refereed by the dad but dad was wrong to attack the other kid first period.

TL

Fight Clubs are like amateur private MMA matches. I think for sure it's a cultural issue why this father set up the fight. He was pissed his son lost and started to talk guff to the boy who beat him. When the boy talked it back he acted on pure impulse and beat the snot out of him.

They have a place for folks who cannot control their impulses and it looks like he is heading straight there.

Now what if the fight was just a fight. He looks out the window and sees his son being pummeled. Would he have the right to go out and defend his child?

Another thing to consider is whether or not their was a crime committed with the sanctioning of the fight. It's illegal to fight dogs and cocks. I imagine the perp in this case is going to get charged with a whole lot more than assault and battery.

Personally the only fights I set up for my kids are on the Xbox 360 on Fight Night 4. My son is 14 years old and I wipe the floor of him and his friends on it. I am ruthless too.

Let me just say ahead of time, that I do not condone that father's actions...

However, my wife works at the local High School, and there's an alarming trend among a lot of teenagers right now of extreme rude behavior. Much of it would be criminal behavior if they were adults. They know they can say and do anything to any adult without repercussion, and they very often do.

There have been several times that I've gone to pick up my wife from work, and have had teenagers taunting me w/ a verbal tirade that would have had my own son picking Lifebuoy out of his teeth for weeks. And that very scene from that video above has played out in my head many times. - BUT - It's father's like the one above that are likely the root.

Disturbing, no matter what perspective you take.

How do the families involved handle this? How does the father of the "victim" contain himself? Next week's video will probably have the father of the "victim" fighting the father in this video.

that ain't right
the dad is a sore loser
he must have been picked on when he was a kid

I know where my honest observation can go, but....

If a mother bear attacks a smaller human because he or she threatened the cubs, OK!

If a cat attacks a dog, and the dog then attacks the cat, OK!

It was OK earlier when the big kid beat up the little kid, who was a bully.

Now I don't know the FULL story. NOBODY here does! But MAN, it seems a bit one sided!

SO, if the guy he hit spent almost his ENTIRE life trying to hurt the family, and his son, even THEN his actions aren't justified? I hope they never find a way to keep people young. They could stay 17 for ever and hurt everyone with impunity!

You DO know that a 17 year old could conceivably even plan to, and successfully blow up the planet. just manage to get into a silo, fire a missile to a major enemy, like china, and wait a couple hours. GRANTED it takes access and planning, but some DO have the ability to do both. Of course, smaller tasks, like blowing up a neighborhood, blowing up a populated school bus or building, or just shooting a few dozen people, is FAR easier and more likely.

Has anyone tried to blow up the planet? WHO KNOWS? But EVERY other example I have given HAS been done successfully!

Steve

I saw something similar with a mother hitting the opponent of her son with her hand bag after he knocked out her son, a good thing the opponent just took the beating like a gent

Am I the only one that read this?

""You want to get knocked the (expletive) out by me, boy?" he asks the victim, according to The New York Daily News.

"I would like to see that," the teen replies, "

In reference to the last 3 people, I saw at least part of that also. SOMETHING made the father mad, and he effectively warned the kid, and the kid effectively dared him.

That does NOT make the dad innocent, but he should certainly get less of a sentence, and part should be given to the kid. Kids do NOT do that to anothers father unless they have a BULLY mentality!

Just today, on BIO, they had a show where it seemed that they just strung together a bunch of examples of the dregs of humanity. I watched a few of them. ONE was a guy that was KNIVED by THREE "KIDS". WHY? Because he was a seemingly healthy relatively young male. THAT'S IT! It was for a GANG initiation!

SO, those kids INTENTIONALLY TRIED to KILL a man for NO reason! It was with the goal to KILL more! It was to effectively last FOREVER! Those are GIVENS! So SHOULDN"T they have been tried for MURDER as ADULTS?

So how WERE they prosecuted?

16 YO, got 6 years!
17 YO, got 8 years!
18 YO, got 15 years!

All for ATTEMPTED murder! The guy was told he had only a 2% chance of surviving! It took him FIVE years to "recover"! And WHY should a 17YO get 7 fewer years just because he was as little as a DAY younger? DON'T forget, ALL stabbed the guy trying to KILL him! ALL took credit!

Steve

Maybe I shouldn't say this, but I was a bullied kid. One time I was attacked by three kids and got my head bashed against lockers. I am SICK AND TIRED of the HYPOCRISY I have seen for over FORTY YEARS! And NOW they act like this is something new that they only now discovered, etc...? SORRY, I DON'T buy it. I NEVER did.

It may be worse now, but ONLY because the hypocrites are more likely to use it to further their OWN goals, and they have the SAME bully mentality. I would not be one bit surprised if 100% of them were bullies in school. I look at them and see the SAME thing as the serial killers that go to jail and in a week claim they are HOLY and "found the lord". Yeah right, and I am daffy duck and have visited every body in the milky way.

Steve

There is a thing called "Fear For Your Life"
This justifies any action taken to protect yourself from any attacker.
Maybe the attack on the child was over reacted,
but sometimes instinct takes over in such situations.
Without knowing the complete situation,
it's hard to judge what happened!

This is ridiculous. I know some kids are mouthy, but do you have to knock down and beat a 16 year old that's quite a bit smaller than you? I read the article and watched the video. Clearly the mom or the blonde woman was upset when the dad had the kid on the ground as you can see her put her hands on her head in dismay and turn away.

This guy needs two things to happen. He needs to have charges pressed and go to prison. You have to be responsible for bad behavior and actions. That means for refereeing a fight for your kids, although this is iffy as it's probably just a misdemeanor and probation. But really for the fight. That's the thing I have the most issue with. He should go to prison and then he should sit through a civil suit whereby he gets sued for this as well. I hope he gets taken through the wringer and then sits in prison for a couple of years to contemplate and realize what being bullied is all about.

This is ridiculous. I know some kids are mouthy, but do you have to knock down and beat a 16 year old that's quite a bit smaller than you? I read the article and watched the video. Clearly the mom or the blonde woman was upset when the dad had the kid on the ground as you can see her put her hands on her head in dismay and turn away.

This guy needs two things to happen. He needs to have charges pressed and go to prison. You have to be responsible for bad behavior and actions. That means for refereeing a fight for your kids, although this is iffy as it's probably just a misdemeanor and probation. But really for the fight. That's the thing I have the most issue with. He should go to prison and then he should sit through a civil suit whereby he gets sued for this as well. I hope he gets taken through the wringer and then sits in prison for a couple of years to contemplate and realize what being bullied is all about.