Articles about “knockout”
Alleged Shoplifter Slaps Elderly Queens Woman, Causing Brain Hemorrhage
Police are looking for the man who slapped an elderly woman so hard he knocked her out and sent her to the hospital in Jamaica on Saturday morning. Video obtained by NBC4 shows a man who...
Ronda Rousey Predicted Her Knockout Loss In A Jimmy Fallon Interview
"I feel like she's going to try and keep distance and keep far away from me and get me frustrated to a point where I'll make a mistake and she can try and kick me in the head. But it's not going to go like that."
Newly Revealed Photos Show Fatal "Free-For-All" Fight Outside Williamsburg Bar
Disturbing new photos show a pile-on fight in front of the Charleston bar in Williamsburg early on the morning of June 14th, one of a series of altercations that left 33-year-old Michael Sapp dead. The photos, provided to Gothamist by photographer Sean O'Neill, show Sapp knocked to the ground, angry men looming over him, and in one, Sapp standing, dazed, facing a crowd.
Witness Claims Williamsburg Bar Bouncer Put A Man In Critical Condition
Nell Casey/Gothamist The man in critical condition following an altercation at the Charleston in Williamsburg on Saturday night was punched unconscious by a bouncer, according to a bystander. The witness, Joe, asked that his last name...
Cops: 82-Yr-Old Woman Brutally Punched In Ridgewood
The police are hoping the public can help them find a man who allegedly punched an elderly woman in Queens on Thursday. According to the police, at 6:35 a.m. on September 24, an 82-year-old woman was...
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[UPDATED] 'Knockout' Attack Victim Actually Just Fell Down
(Google Maps) [UPDATE BELOW]The Hasidic tourist who claimed he was attacked in Borough Park early Tuesday morning has recanted his story, according to police. The unidentified 65-year-old man, who was visiting Brooklyn from London, told authorities...
Man Punched On The Bowery Convinced He's Victim Of "Knockout" Game
Kyle Rogers (screenshot via CBS) A man was punched in the face out of the blue and knocked unconscious on the Lower East Side early Sunday morning. Victim Kyle Rogers, 23, suffered facial lacerations and a...
Woman Beaten In Alleged 'Knockout Game' Attack In Vinegar Hill
The approximate site of the attack. (Google Maps) The past few months have been All Silent on the Knockout Game Front, but the peaceful streak seems to have been broken this week, after a handful of...
Suspect In Assaults On Elderly Women Says He Hit 78-Year-Old In Self-Defense
Earlier this month, a 35-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested and accused of committing six unprovoked assaults in the borough, including an alleged assault on a woman walking with her 7-year-old child in Midwood. Barry Baldwin claims...
Alleged Serial "Knockout" Puncher Arrested In Connection With Six Attacks
The NYPD says they have arrested a man suspected of committing six unprovoked assaults in Brooklyn, including an alleged assault on a woman walking with her 7-year-old child in Midwood last week. He has been charged...
Pre-Teens Arrested In Connection With "Knockout" Attacks
Three pre-teens and one teen were arrested this week in connection with three separate "knockout" game-style attacks. DNAInfo reports that a 14-year-old girl and three other children, aged 10 and 11, were arrested for three assaults...
Video: Jon Stewart Thinks Media May Be Overhyping "Knockout" Attacks
Police are still investigating numerous alleged "knockout"-style attacks around the city— some of which may or may not be due to resentment at Jewish success—but Jon Stewart thinks the media very well may be overhyping the...
Crown Heights Councilwoman Criticized For Brewing "Anti-Semitic Stew"
Councilwoman talking to seniors at Shalom Senior Center in Crown Heights (via Facebook) This week, a Crown Heights councilwoman wrote a long open letter positing that recent "knockout" attacks against Jews might be due to long-simmering...
Councilwoman: "Knockout" Attacks Triggered By Resentment Of Jewish Success
Councilwoman Cumbo talking to seniors at Shalom Senior Center in Crown Heights (via Facebook) In the past few months, there have been several assaults against Jewish people in Brooklyn that police are investigating as possible hate...
Hasidic Jew Sucker Punched By Laughing Assailants In Williamsburg
(Lola Galla via Flickr) An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is the latest victim in a series of unprovoked assaults in Brooklyn, and the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is involved in the investigation. Eli Leidner, 26, was...
Elderly Woman Punched In East New York May Be 10th 'Knockout' Victim
Surveillance photo of alleged attacker. (NYPD) A 76-year-old woman was punched in the head in East New York yesterday morning—and it is suspected she may be the 10th victim of the so-called "knockout" game that has...
NYC Chef's Jaw Broken In Possible 'Knockout Game' Assault In Philly
Diego Moya A Manhattan chef visiting Philadelphia was brutally beaten Tuesday night in an unprovoked attack that appears to fit the pattern of the "knockout game" assaults, CBS 3 reports. Diego Moya, 30, was walking along...
72-Year-Old Jewish Woman Gets Unprovoked Punch In The Head
(tonyz20 / shutterstock) A 72-year-old Jewish woman was punched in the back of the head yesterday afternoon while walking in East New York, and the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating whether the incident is...
Police Trying To Sort Out What Assaults Are Part Of The Knockout Game
Surveillance footage from an alleged "knockout game" assault in Crown Heights. Investigators are currently trying to determine when a potentially-deadly knockout "game" has sparked an assault in NYC, as opposed to attacks that are simply the...
Alleged 'Knockout' Attack Suspect: 'My Girlfriend's Jewish'
Via My Fox NY The man charged with a hate crime in connection to a possible "knockout" attack on a Jewish man says the cops have got the wrong guy—and that he has a Jewish girlfriend....
Hate Crime Charges For Suspect In Alleged 'Knockout' Attack
Friday's attack was caught on surveillance video. (Via NBC News) A man has been charged with a hate crime possibly in connection with the "knockout" attacks that have been reported in Brooklyn neighborhoods recently. The charges...
Four Arrested For Possible 'Knockout' Attack On Brooklyn Jewish Man
screenshot via ABC Police say there was another seemingly unprovoked assault against a Jewish man in Brooklyn early Friday morning, and four men have been arrested in connection with it. A 24-year-old Jewish man was walking...
78-Year-Old Brooklyn Woman Punched By Teens Playing 'Knockout'
Last week, police announced that they were investigating whether multiple attacks on Jews in Brooklyn were part of an ongoing series of hate crimes, or just random attacks by teens playing a cruel game called "knockout."...
Video: NYPD Investigating "Knockout" Street Attacks On Jews As Possible Hate Crimes
Multiple attacks on Jews in Brooklyn have led police to investigate whether they are part of an ongoing series of hate crimes—or whether they're just random attacks by teens playing a game called "knockout." Police Commissioner...