VIDEO: Angry Mom vs. Skateboarder

[blackdogdeek]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pDUDFxZSn6k

Highlights:

Skateboarder accidentally knocks over kid
Mom clocks skateboarder

 

[waggy]

both are fucking idiots. teh scateboarder should have been watching where the fuck he is going. The mother should have been watching the kid.

 

[Brigandier]

I don't think that child is cut out for skating.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I don't know if that was truly a skatepark but it looked like one to me. In that case I have to ask, why was that mother letting her child out there?? The whole reason for skateparks is because if you're in the middle of some maneuver, you're probably not looking out for random children and/or animals in your path.

 

[blackdogdeek]

I don't know if that was truly a skatepark but it looked like one to me. In that case I have to ask, why was that mother letting her child out there?? The whole reason for skateparks is because if you're in the middle of some maneuver, you're probably not looking out for random children and/or animals in your path.

It's hard to tell from the video but it looks like concrete benches and some garbage cans here and there making me think it's just a park park. If it were indeed a skate park I'd definitely agree with you.

 

[MixMasterTang]

I don't know if that was truly a skatepark but it looked like one to me. In that case I have to ask, why was that mother letting her child out there?? The whole reason for skateparks is because if you're in the middle of some maneuver, you're probably not looking out for random children and/or animals in your path.

Yeah, I am on the fence as well. I saw an article about this earlier and this said it was a pro skater and was in a skate park. If both of those hold true then he did nothing wrong. Either way he did not deserve to get pushed and then punched for an accident that he sincerely looked sorry about.

 

[KaOTiK]

I found it rather funny the mother went straight after the guy instead of checking her son first. Great priorities

 

[Nintendesert]

I hope it's a skatepark, if not, that paved over concrete jungle is one hell of a shitty regular park.

 

[Pulsar]

The lady was completely out of the line. The skater got up and immediately went to the kid to make sure he was all right. He showed real concern, and it was clear he wanted to help.

In addition, I have kids. In all likelihood, that kid was crying because the collision scared him. Not because he was actually hurt.

I wouldn't fault the skater if he filed charges for assault.

People in our society need to man up and realize that accidents happen.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

lol, what an idiot woman.

"durrr my kid is running around in (what appears to be) a skatepark where people are skating. I'll be off over here somewhere and deck whoever runs over my unsupervised child"

Guy didn't try to take off, he apparently wanted to make sure the kid was okay.

 

[Theb]

Skater seemed more concerned about the child than the mom did.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

After she hit him I wish he would of beat the living shit out of the dumb bitch.

 

[chimaxi83]

Should've knocked that ghetto ass trick into the next day. "Did you run into my son? Hah? On his birthday? Hah?" Fucking dumbass.

 

[dud]

Can't wait to see the "mother's" response to questions as to why she let her kid run free in a skatepark and then punched the skateboarder when the press finally catches up with her. She probably lets her kid play in traffic ...

 

[Humpy]

Skaters are too soft these days. What's with him being all overly sensitive about the crying kid? Back in the day we would have pulled a switch double kick flip pop shove-it to 50/50 grind on the little bastards forehead, slapped a Thrasher sticker on his bloody little cheek, and been out long before that screeching old lady got anywhere near. Skate or Die homey!

 

[Meghan54]

Beginning to doubt it was a skate park. Trash can, seen in the first few seconds. New trees planted all over. Two canopy tents/shelters behind the skater. Looks more like a park a skater was playing around in.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Beginning to doubt it was a skate park. Trash can, seen in the first few seconds. New trees planted all over. Two canopy tents/shelters behind the skater. Looks more like a park a skater was playing around in.

Which means what, its okay for her to commit assault?

 

[Daverino]

It was not a skate park. This is Cannery Park in Hayward California. There's a skate park IN Cannery Park, but the skater's not in it. The funny thing is that you can see the skate park behind the skater clearly in part of the video. But instead of being in the park to do his tricks, he's up on the sidewalk.

You can see the sidewalk pretty well on Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=cann...sqWKFN03epmrtMcDPA&cbp=12,356.41,,1,3.82&z=21

There's also a video that breaks down the accident location in relationship to the skate park here: http://youtu.be/FW07PnUtS9A

Although technically and legally I don't condone the punch, I do understand. The kid was running on a sidewalk in a public park, exactly where he should be. He's got relatives no more than 10 feet away that pick him up less than 5 seconds after he's hit. People have given the mom a lot of shit for 'not watching him,' but let's face it, all parents let other people watch their kids, especially in a place that was supposed to be safe. I know my older brother watched over me more than a few times growing up.

The skater, on the other hand is an adult. He's filming up on the sidewalk in a public park that has playgrounds, a splash pool and also borders Burbank Elementary School. Cannery Park rules state that skaters need to be under control at all times and cannot use park apparatus, like the benches seen in the video, for tricks. He's going way too fast, not paying attention and is not concerned that there are children in the area. The accident was easily avoidable if the skater had one ounce of maturity.

 

[natto fire]

Which means what, its okay for her to commit assault?

Come on, this is ATOT, where jaywalkers should be stoned to death and if someone so much as looks at your property, prompt decapitation is in order.

The location to me is immaterial to this IMO, he could have been skateboarding on an elementary school playground for all I care, the lady is a bad mother plain and simple. As noted, she should have first consoled the child and assessed the damage to determine the amount of punishment the boarder deserved. Instead she went instant primal violence and if she reacts like that to a pretty innocuous event, then you know it will happen more often and this kid will grow up thinking that flying off the handle is the way to deal with situations. That will be reinforced if he watches a lot of reality TV, and then we just have another solider in the decline of civilized discourse.

Yeah, of course the guy should have been watching where he was going, but again, his reaction to an honest mistake seemed like sincere remorse.

Edit:

It was not a skate park. This is Cannery Park in Hayward California. There's a skate park IN Cannery Park, but the skater's not in it. The funny thing is that you can see the skate park behind the skater clearly in part of the video. But instead of being in the park to do his tricks, he's up on the sidewalk.

You can see the sidewalk pretty well on Google Maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=cann...sqWKFN03epmrtMcDPA&cbp=12,356.41,,1,3.82&z=21

There's also a video that breaks down the accident location in relationship to the skate park here: http://youtu.be/FW07PnUtS9A

Although technically and legally I don't condone the punch, I do understand. The kid was running on a sidewalk in a public park, exactly where he should be. He's got relatives no more than 10 feet away that pick him up less than 5 seconds after he's hit. People have given the mom a lot of shit for 'not watching him,' but let's face it, all parents let other people watch their kids, especially in a place that was supposed to be safe. I know my older brother watched over me more than a few times growing up.

The skater, on the other hand is an adult. He's filming up on the sidewalk in a public park that has playgrounds, a splash pool and also borders Burbank Elementary School. Cannery Park rules state that skaters need to be under control at all times and cannot use park apparatus, like the benches seen in the video, for tricks. He's going way too fast, not paying attention and is not concerned that there are children in the area. The accident was easily avoidable if the skater had one ounce of maturity.

Sorry I didn't read this post before making mine. Thank you for some background information on the location, and I am definitely seeing your point. Where my post turned into conjecture on this woman's parenting style, you put a lot more substance in yours and still condemning her actions.

 

[Ns1]

Skaters are too soft these days. What's with him being all overly sensitive about the crying kid? Back in the day we would have pulled a switch double kick flip pop shove-it to 50/50 grind on the little bastards forehead, slapped a Thrasher sticker on his bloody little cheek, and been out long before that screeching old lady got anywhere near. Skate or Die homey!

i LOL'd

 

[codyray10]

The skater should have dropped that hood rat after she punched him. Completely out of line

 

[Jeeebus]

Sometimes accidents happen, regardless of who is at fault. If some guy is eating a Big Mac while he drives and hits a person crossing the street... maybe he should be arrested/punished, but it doesn't give the victim or his friends the right to drag the guy into the street and beat the shit out of him.

Go move to rural Brazil if you think mob justice should be condoned/supported. That way you can personally tear the arms and legs off any referee that gets a call wrong (or fatally stabs a player, as the case may be).

 

[MontyAC]

Skater was lucky the mom wasn't packing one.

 

[Krazy4Real]

The skater should have dropped that hood rat after she punched him. Completely out of line

this

 

[JackBurton]

She should have been checked immediately. And when I say checked, I mean a roundhouse to the head. You've got to be out of your mind throwing punch like that in this situation. And the reason she acts like that is because she's gotten away with it in the past.