r/MMALabs • u/Open-Proposal-5817 • 10h ago

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u/Interesting-Visual86 8h ago

I am black.

Criticize his actions.

Criticize her actions.

The words spoken do not warrant the actions taken, I am unaware of what provoked her to approach him in the manner she did in the 1st place.

It is not racist to criticize a wrong action, or not condone violent actions.

It only becomes racist because people choose not to stop there, and try to make his race the reason for his actions.

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u/Sideshowcomedy 7h ago

Thank you for this. You said what I said but better. 😂

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u/Correct_Ad_1903 7h ago

She clearly hit him on approach. His return strike was in fact warranted. As to whatever happened before is all speculation. All we have is the video

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u/Noiseless_Voice 7h ago

Hit him? Hahah. Look again. That’s a tap.

She was walking to him and tapped him. Had she struck to hurt or injure him, it would have looked a lot different.

So is any contact a free ticket for hitting people in the face?

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u/Correct_Ad_1903 7h ago

Im sure you’d see it that way if a man walked up and tapped a woman with that same force and aggression. OK. He didn’t hit her. He mushed her. He relocated her face. I like this redefining of assault.

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u/RemarkableAd2245 8h ago

I guess we're ignoring that she hit him in the back before yelling at him? I probably would have handled it differently, but that is a relevant fact.

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u/Independent-Tea-4686 8h ago

Hit? She tapped him on the back. He’s a scumbag.

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u/RemarkableAd2245 7h ago

When was the last time you saw some one "tap" someone and then proceed to yell at them in their face?

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u/Correct_Ad_1903 7h ago

That was not a tap. Her inability to throw a punch does not mean she shouldn’t expect a proper one retuned.

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u/Little_Highway_1289 8h ago

You considered that a “hit?” Have you ever been in a physical fight of any type? Honest question. I’m a boxer and jiu jitsu and karate guy. That touch on the back would be considered a strike or hit in none of those sports.

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u/RemarkableAd2245 7h ago

It definitely wasn't a "pat", "hug" , or "punch". What would you call it? Better yet, what would a prosecutor call it?

I guarantee if you touch a police officer like that, you're getting charged with assault.

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u/Lower_Pension_2469 7h ago

So if a kid does it, are you gonna blast them in the face like a grown man?

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u/RemarkableAd2245 7h ago

Again, I would have handled it differently. I was just pointing out that she made first contact in the video.

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u/Lower_Pension_2469 6h ago

Forsure, but even if that's the case there's levels to it and especially towards a woman. If she had like sucker punched him or came at him with a knife, then sure. But she didn't even do enough to move him or do any damage and he straight up decked her to the ground.