What happens when two bad consumers come in conflict with each other in dimly lit movie theater? One ends up with a bloody nose and lost tooth, while the other faces assault charges.
Authorities in King County, Washington, have filed felony assault charges against a local 21-year-old man accused of slapping a 10-year-old kid in the face because he and his buddies wouldn’t shut up during a movie.
Back on April 11, the man and his girlfriend were trying to enjoy a night out at the movies — the film isn’t named, so we’re just going to imagine it was The Lorax — but apparently the 10-year-old and his group of friends were feeling rambunctious and kept talking and throwing popcorn around the theater, some of which landed on the couple.
According to the youngster, the man climbed over the seat and said something like, “You know what, I paid a lot of money to see this movie.”
The man says he asked the whippersnappers to clam up but they only laughed at him, so he allegedly lashed out physically at one of them.
“I got so mad that it just happened,” the man is quoted as telling the police afterward.
The man says he didn’t realize the kid was barely into his double-digits.
The detective investigating the incident says that when the man was asked if he knew the recipient of the slap was only 10 years old, he “hung his head down and said he thought the person was a grown man.”
Man charged with slapping loud kid in Kent theater [SeattlePI.com]
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Just a question, would the man not have been charged with assault if he slapped a grownup as compared to a 10 year old? Not sure why the cop was asking him if he knew the kid was a kid.
Because there is another type of assault charge that has a higher minimal penalty it is assaulting a minor he was a minor so the officers had to find out if he knew he was facing charges for assaulting a minor or if he thought he was just facing assault charges
I can’t believe people’s comments on this article. Did we go back to the dark ages? A 21 year old man slapped a 10 year old boy causing him a bloody nose and to lose a tooth for being annoying in a movie theater and the majority are taking the side of the 21 year old? There are annoying people everywhere in society, you don’t get to walk up and assault them. The 21 year old should have talked to the manager and have the problem fixed or have his money refunded. He should face assault charges and do some time behind bars.
Someone please tell me I’m not crazy for thinking this way. Loias? Anyone?
I would’ve gone with one of the suggestions here to “accidentally” pour some big gulp sized drinks on these tards. Violence begets violence, but stained clothes begets new clothes. Everybody wins.
Spilling drinks on the kid? I can get behind that. Doing something to embarass/inconvenince him? Sure. But not placing your hands on him. His age doesn’t even have anything to do with it. People who physically attack others just because “they were annoyed” should be separated from civilization (like prison). The man in the article needs to learn to solve his problem like a man and not a gorilla.
Time behind bars? Yeah….I think jail should be reserved for rapists and murderers…not people that slap a brat, smoke pot or steal gas.
Long ago, people in the entire village disciplined children. A kid steals an apple from your cart? They got beaten. Yeah, those were the “dark ages”. Are kids today better behaved than they were 50, 100, 500 years ago? Hell no. For all our “advancements”, here we are: a 10 year old thinks it’s fine to disrespect his elders, taunt them, throw food, and hide behind the entitlement our non-disciplining society has instilled in him.
One time, when I was in my early 20s, my girlfriend and I were followed around a huge mall by three kids who just took pleasure at harassing us. They were probably 9 or 10 and initially I tried to ignore them. Then I tried to play along and talk to them. Then I asked them to stop. Then I asked them to stop again. Then they started running up to me and lightly pushing me. Seeing where this was going I told them that the next kid who touched me would wish he hadn’t. *shove* and I swing around and grab the first kid, as scrawny hispanic child, and lift him into the air and slam him against the nearest wall. I think I said something like “go the f*** home” and put him down. His friends were cowering 10 feet away in shock. I put the kid down and he started bawling. A rather large hispanic gentleman (I’m white) saw the altercation and came over, probably to kick my ass. I contritely explained the situation and the guy looked at the kid and walked away.
I bet they never did that shit again.
To this day, I’ve never felt bad about it.
Hopefully this will be a hard lesson learned for this loud mouth punk and his buddies!
I am developing this revolutionary new parenting technique called “Five Across the Eyes.”
Let’s hope it catches on.
some kids just need their mouths removed.
Why I rarely go to movies anymore.
I don’t have it in me to hit a 10-year old, and I don’t think this guy should have done that either, but if the mother, who the article says was there as well, had taught her child to be quiet during a movie, none of this would have happened. Whatever punishment the guy gets for this, the mother should get the same punishment. In situations like this, it’s not the obnoxious kids who piss me off so much as it’s the parents who are there and choose to do nothing about it that piss me off. I see it all too often. WTF?
wtf you do not let your ten year old kid see Titanic in 3-D
Are you paying attention movie theater owners? Your inability to monitor the enjoyment of a movie for all in attendance is why I no longer visit your premises anymore.