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Parents of track star sucker-punched mid-race mull lawsuit, say cops vowed to arrest son if they pressed charges

April 3, 2022 | | Print Article

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The family of a Florida teen who was allegedly sucker-punched in the head at a track meet is considering filing a civil lawsuit in connection with the assault.

Initial reports apparently suggested that neither the victim nor the other athlete wanted to press charges in the incident. However, there appears to be a dispute over what was actually said. The attorney for the victim now says that the victim’s family is “exploring civil remedies against those responsible.”

Cops allegedly had told the punched runner in the gone-viral incident that occurred at the Tohopekaliga Tiger Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla., that he would be arrested if he pressed charges against his purported adversary.

The confrontation at the high school event in the Orlando area allegedly originated when the victim, who was in running in first place in a 1,600-meter competition, allegedly told a non-participating athlete to get out of the way.

“Things escalated on the next lap when the other athlete further impeded the race, prompting a shove from the runner. The other athlete retaliated by chasing him down and delivering a sucker punch to the back of his head,” the New York Post claimed.

In front of stunned spectators, the race continued despite the track attack.

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As alluded to above, the victim’s lawyer has called out the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office for the way it handled the matter.

“The family has read reports that the OCSD claims [my client] refused to press charges. This is false,” TMZ reported. “The family of the victim did want to press charges for this vicious attack and assault caught on video and witnessed by hundreds of people. The OCSD deputy told the family that if [my client] pressed charges then he would also be arrested for battery. Only because of this threat did the family choose not to press charges.”

The attorney noted that his client suffered a concussion and implied that he may also sue event officials for failing in various ways to stop the attack from occurring, which perhaps sounds like a claim for negligence. “If this event hired proper officials to help run this track meet, they could have prevented this,” attorney Nathan Carter asserted.

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Both the Florida High School Athletic Association and administrators in the Orange County Public Schools are reportedly reviewing the situation to determine what kind of disciplinary action, if any, could or should be imposed.

“No public comments have been released from the other athlete’s family about the incident,” the Bleacher Report noted on Saturday.

It remains to be seen if any legal action will take place in this particular instance.

A civil case, which primarily involves the attempted recovery of money damages, requires a lower burden of proof, than that than required in a criminal proceeding. A civil plaintiff typically must prove legal liability in court by the preponderance of the evidence, which, in general, is sometimes analogized as tipping the scales even by just 51 percent to 49 percent.

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48 thoughts on “Parents of track star sucker-punched mid-race mull lawsuit, say cops vowed to arrest son if they pressed charges”

  1. Nope, nothing to see here! Black attacking a white? Revenge for the past! Can you say critical race theory!

  2. Not only should this dispicable piece of garbage, called a human, be charged and tried to the fullest extent of the law, the victim should also get a free sucker punch to this criminal. The black person should also, NEVER be allowed to compete in any sport ever. This would cause people to re-think their actions. There is NO penalties or repercussion’s for dispicable people. This how we got here.

    1. But you got to understand that this poor black kid is a victim and deserves reparations for what was done to his ancestors! Yuk!

  4. How much longer are we white people going to continue taking it. Where are OUR civil rights. In 99% of the cases, when someone attacks a person of a different race, the attacker is a uncivilized Black. And who is responsible for all of the weekly murders in cities across the United States? Again it’s uncivilized Black neanderthals. And rarely are they ever charged and punished for their heinous actions.

  5. Yup. black on White violence. These blacks seem to think that they have some kind of special dispensation to act like savages. I hope that the offender is jailed. Maybe that will prove to the offender that he needs to act far more civilly in the future.

    1. Well… avarage IQ is 70… sub-human genes… a tendency towards violence, corruption and parasitism… Magilla-rilla body odor…

  11. Why is this not considered a hate crime?
    Oh, I get it wrong color doing the crime.

  12. Maybe all black lives don’t matter. This rhymes with Uyghur don’t matter. Maybe we need a return of the nightriders.

  15. That’s a felony! The officers that responded and lied should be terminated. Charges against perpetrator can continue by county and civil lawsuit to follow.

  16. Must be that white privilege thing. Seriously, isn’t it time to start fighting back? This is out of control. No different than teachers doing as they want because the children are “their children”! When a teacher does something you don’t want your child to learn, send them to the hospital! Teachers, schools boards, and blacks, are NOT special.

  17. Your eyes are lying to you. It never happened! The official are blind! Beware, sacred cow on track, do not touch! Colorless boy got in the way and failed to give way. Final conclusion; He deserved to be removed. Source; BLM

  19. Once again, a Black teen proves they still haven’t become civilized. And as if our leaders don’t quit sucking up to the Black community and hold them to the standards of society as everyone else, the situation is only to get worse and worse.

  20. what a complete piece of garbage–SUCKER-PUNCHING IS FOR COWARDS AND MOST GHETTO BLACKS ARE JUST THAT !! F.J.B.

  21. Looked like assault to me. Maybe he can use the excuse of white supremacy and get off scott free.

  22. How can there be any question ? That’s aggravated assault ! Little bastard should have been arrested on the spot .

  23. Knee grows are out of control in this country, put blame where it’s due, the Mofo in the White House and Democrats

  25. “THIS” is despicable. Period.”Sports” today, is nothing but “GANG WAR”. The difference is “NOW that it’s into high school sports. NOBODY “cares a hoot” about anything. No cops, no law & NO “anything”.”THANKS JOE”! Let’s just “let” the fentanyl drugs “seep in”.

    1. GHETTO-BLACK VIOLENCE SHOWS UP IN EVERYTHING SOONER OR LATER !! ITS WHAT THEY DO ! F.J.B.

  26. So now you can just run up behind a runner in a race and lambaste him in the head?? And exactly why would the victim in this case be arrested should he press charges? WTH?? Where were the track officials? There has got to be more to this story than what they are telling.

  27. Sports “used to be” the “best of the best”. Now it’s nothing but a farce. NOBODY, except golfers, are “exempt” from this “scourge”.”BUT “who” knows?. Could a women on steroids, “out best” a male? Let’s see what Biden “says” about this!

  31. Investigation needed by outside agency. Like many I wonder what a
    non-participant was doing on the track.

  32. The kid should be arrested. What a punk. How did race authorities not handle this that day. You impede a runner, any runner, that’s wrong. Kid should be tossed from ever running track again too. Clearly they left him alone because of race. Other way around jail that day.

  33. Why was someone on the track?? I’ve been to MANY track meets and NEVER have I seen anyone “wandering” into the races!! This was inexcusable and should be charged as an ASSAULT!! You might even throw in a HATE CRIME since it was a BLACK on WHITE attack!! If the RACES had been reversed we wouldn’t be having this discussion – we’d have an ARRESTED WHITE KID and MASSIVE LAWSUIT with RACEBAITER CRUMP in charge!! Even if the white kid did push the black kid out of the way, he had every right to have an UNIMPEDED track since he was IN THE LEAD!! Call their BLUFF and PRESS CHARGES!!

  34. After watching the punch why wouldn’t the hitter be charged? Even if there had been some exchange beforehand this is clearly assault.

  35. Black on white violence rearing its ugly head yet again and this is why the weakened law enforcement departments ignore cases like this, I know from experience when a black man came at me with num-chuks for absolutely no reason except for the indication, by his racial slurs, he hates white people, we all can be assured of one thing, if this had been a white on black crime the white kid would have been charged, absolutely no doubt in my mind!!!!

  36. This kid who sucker punched his competitor?
    Should of been thrown out of the event, and not allowed into another event.
    Until this current matter is resolved!!

    2. Wouldn’t be the first corrupt department. Remember the corruption surrounding the sheriff’s department during the Parkland shootings.

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