http://kdvr.com/2016/10/21/two-teen-girls-arrested-after-62-year-old-man-attacked-in-facebook-video/SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Police arrested two teenage girls accused of attacking a 62-year-old man in front of his Syracuse, New York home.
The man told police he was assaulted Wednesday afternoon after politely asking a group of teens sitting on his lawn to leave. What happened before the video was recorded is not clear.
Cellphone footage of the resulting confrontation, which has since gone viral on social media, shows one of the girls punching the man twice in the head, according toWSTM-TV.
He tries to run after her, but a second girl spins him around as several teens laugh, one recording with his phone. The man continues to give chase, but stumbles and falls face-first in the street, his cane sliding away from him.
Cellphone video of the alleged assault has been viewed more than 1 million times on Facebook. The footage has spread so widely that the man in the video says he’s been contacted by relatives in Ireland who saw it.
Police say they have arrested two girls, 14 and 15, who face third-degree assault charges. Both girls, who aren’t being named because they are juveniles, received appearance tickets and left with their parents.
The mother of one of the girls told WSTM that she wants to apologize to the man, saying what her daughter did was uncalled for. She says her daughter will face the consequences and is accepting full responsibility.
The man says he suffered a bruised eye in the attack and is recovering.
These little bitches! This type of shit enrages me!
I truly hope that their parents took them home, and beat the bejesus out of them!!! Did that make that little cunt feel good- To attack an old man, one with a cane even? How about her friend- the one that spun him around, before he face planted the pavement? While they laugh.. Rage, Seriously! How the fuck would they feel if this was their grandparent treated like this? I hope their grandparents see this shit...
They were in his yard!! (the video doesn't show how many teens had gathered in his yard, or what kind of nonsense they were doing there- I'm betting they weren't raking his leaves) To be honest, I'm a little disappointed that the video doesn't end with that man catching them, then beating the shit out of them- pinata style.
I hope the judge sentences them to jail time- the entire full year they could receive.. Also being that the video was shared on FB over a million times already, I pray that the judge orders them to post and share an "I attacked an old man, cuz I was being a cunt in his yard and he asked me to leave" video to Facebook, Instagram, twitter, snapchat, youtube, and any other site these little slores use.
NY Penal Law
S 120.00 Assault in the third degree.
A person is guilty of assault in the third degree when:
1. With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes
such injury to such person or to a third person; or
2. He recklessly causes physical injury to another person; or
3. With criminal negligence, he causes physical injury to another
person by means of a deadly weapon or a dangerous instrument.
Assault in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.
The maximum sentence you will receive for a 3rd degree assault charge is 1 year in jail and fines.