All eight victims, including the 78-year-old woman, were Jewish and the NYPD's hate crimes task force is investigating. Police said there have seven other similar attacks in Brooklyn and believe the motive may be related to anti-Semitism. Last Friday in New York City, police charged one man for punching a 24-year-old Jewish man. "Are they going to take somebody's money, are they going to take their cell phone? No, they're just going to knock you out? There's just no purpose for it whatsoever," she told ABC affiliate WJLA. In Washington, D.C., this month, Phoebe Connolly, who works with teenagers professionally, was punched in the face while riding her bike. "We've become desensitized to it and there are some individuals who may not have a large menu of exposure to the arts to science to music all they're getting is the violence and they react to that." Jeff Gardere, a psychologist and assistant professor at Touro Graduate School of Psychology in New York City. "Violence for us now is as American as apple pie," said Dr. The young man insists he had never heard of the knockout game when he attacked Addelspurger last year, but in recent days and weeks, there has been a spike of these kinds of attacks, which authorities believe may, in fact, be part of the game. "I feel guilty and embarrassed, ashamed." "It was just like, 'let me knock this guy out, let me hit him,' basically like showing off to let them know I could fight," he said. The now 16-year-old said the attack was "an impulse of stupidity, trying to show off for my friends." He spoke to "Nightline" exclusively, but did not want his name identified or face shown. "I walked home through that alley for years, picked up a newspaper from the rack on the street, reading an article, put it through my arm, proceeded to walk through the alley, next thing I know, I was waking up answering questions to a police officer," he said.įor the first time, the young man who attacked Addelspurger talked about that day. James Addelspurger, a 51-year-old English teacher at a creative arts high school in Pittsburgh and a popular local blues musician, was walking home one afternoon after work last year when he was attacked. Surveillance video of teenagers in New Jersey shows the group running away after punching a man who then had a seizure and died. There have been at least two deaths from similar attacks this year. Incidents have been reported in England and in several states in the United States. Some law enforcement officials believe these attacks are part of a disturbing trend known as " The Knockout Game," in which perpetrators pummel innocent, unsuspecting victims.
A 78-year-old woman and a 12-year-old boy were both punched in the head in separate attacks in Brooklyn. In Manchester, England, a man died after being punched at a bus stop. 25, 2013— - A 16-year-old girl in London was cold-clocked by stranger in broad daylight.
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