Washington Nazi not as superior as he thought.

[BenBurch]

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jul/09/police-say-threats-led-to-blows-charges/


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Abbey apparently was unaware of the writing on the back of Baker’s T-shirt: “Spokane Boxing Club champion.”

“If he had been able to read that maybe he wouldn’t have done that,” Miller said.


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[ponderingturtle]

paywall.

[Ladewig]

[with a tip of the hat to the late Spike Mulligan]
When Der Fuehrer says we is the master race, we heil, heil right in the Fuehrer's face.

[fuelair]

[with a tip of the hat to the late Spike Mulligan]
When Der Fuehrer says we is the master race, we heil, heil right in the Fuehrer's face.Love Milligan also, but that was the immortal Spike Jones!!

[BStrong]

I would hope it knocked some sense into him, but in my experience skins rarely learn from their mistakes.

[caniswalensis]

Awww, he looks so sad in his mugshot.

HAR!

[Mycroft]

This is a real feel-good story.

Baker left the bar to avoid a fight, but Abbey followed to a marina about 300 yards away, called him racial slurs and again threatened to stab him.

“He said black people don't belong in Bayview,” Miller said.

Baker punched Abbey once in the face, knocking him to the ground unconscious.

What a guy! He leaves the bar to avoid violence, and only punches the guy after being followed and harassed for another 300 yards. This guy is my hero!

[BenBurch]

paywall.

Wasn't when I posted it. Sorry!

[Kahalachan]

This is a real feel-good story.



What a guy! He leaves the bar to avoid violence, and only punches the guy after being followed and harassed for another 300 yards. This guy is my hero!

Agreed.

[Virus]

It's always good when people get what they ask for.

[Furcifer]

It's always good when people get what they ask for.

It so is. I was in a strangely similar incident when I was in high school. We were sitting in a parking lot when an almost identical Trans Am (I'm dating myself here) pulled up beside us. A Lebanese guy, his girlfriend and what looked like the drivers little brother got out. As they walked by Sunny, the driver and owner of the car we were in said "Hey man nice car". The Lebanese guy turned around and said something to the effect of "Yah, well don't even bother looking at it again n word I don't want you stealing it" and kept walking.
It didn't make any sense, it was a compliment and even if he misheard him it was an identical car anyways, why would he steal it??? Sunny laughed and said something like "Whatever dude, just being nice, have a good night". That's when the guy stopped and started walking towards us. He got right up to the car and in the driver window and threatened to kick Sunny's posterior. For the second time Sunny laughed it off and told the guy to take his girlfriend and go have a goodnight, he didn't want any trouble. Of course the Lebanese guy mumbled something like "that's what I thought n word" and started walking off. He must have heard Sunny laughing and turned around and threatened him a third time. And for a third time Sunny said listen "just keep walking if I have to get out of the car you'll regret it"
That's when the guy started towards the car. Sunny got out the driver door and me and another buddy got out the passenger side.
Now I know the term "Golden Gloves" gets thrown around a lot and I really don't know what that is exactly. I know people used to say that about Sunny, I think it was just a way of saying he was a really good boxer. And he was.
Despite having a good foot and 40lbs on Sunny the fight lasted less time than it took you to read this post. The guy threw 2 punches that Sunny ducked and then Sunny hit the guy 3 or 4 times in the face. It sounded like when you throw a raw steak on the counter, that loud smacking sound. The guys nose exploded all over his face and started to swell instantly.
Sunny kinda propped him against the curb and made sure he was breathing. I had his brother tied up and he didn't know what to do. He was kinda putting his hands up in the air saying he didn't want to fight. At the same time my other buddy in the car had tied up this guys girlfriend. She was literally on his back and trying to gouge my buddies eyes out despite the glasses he was wearing. Once he got her off and picked up his glasses, the skinny Filipino guy that he is walked over to her and kinda slapped her in the face, not hard, kinda limp wristed actually, but just enough to calm her down. That's when she took noticed of her boyfriend who was a mess by this point and went over to him.
We pointed out to the brother the hospital was just a couple blocks down the road and got in the car and took off.

tl;dr- racist guy had 3 opportunities to walk away from a fight with a black guy who was gratiously overlooking his racism and trying to be polite in front of a lady and still ended up getting what he deserved. :D

[NoahFence]

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jul/09/police-say-threats-led-to-blows-charges/

:dl:

Too funny. Friggin moron.

[dafydd]

Love Milligan also, but that was the immortal Spike Jones!!

Spike Mulligan,the well known typing error.

[CptColumbo]

Now I know the term "Golden Gloves" gets thrown around a lot and I really don't know what that is exactly. I know people used to say that about Sunny, I think it was just a way of saying he was a really good boxer. And he was.

Golden Gloves in boxing is usually a title given to regional amateur tournament winners.

There is also a Gold Glove in baseball, but probably wouldn't help win a fight. Unless you had it with you and hit them over the head with it.

[Skeptic]

This is a real feel-good story.



What a guy! He leaves the bar to avoid violence, and only punches the guy after being followed and harassed for another 300 yards. This guy is my hero!

Yup. Apparently these folks who call for a racial war never figure the blacks might possibly fight back.

[Mycroft]

Yup. Apparently these folks who call for a racial war never figure the blacks might possibly fight back.

Or that the lines might not necessary be drawn along racial lines.

[leftysergeant]

I'm a little disappointed with Baker. Why does Abbey still have teeth?

Abbey better quit while he is ahead. Washington has a shall-issue CCW, and the bar is not all that high to get one. His kind are part of why I pack in the first place.

[PhantomWolf]

I read the title and thought, "well duh!"

[Skeptic]

By the way, this shows the importance of education. Serious boxers and other martial art enthusiasts are constantly taught, correctly, to only use their skills as a last resort. Which is precisely what this guy (correctly) did.

By the way, that he could have literally killed the attacker I have no doubt. But he just knocked him down. So even when he DID use violence, justifiably, he limited himself.

[sadhatter]

By the way, this shows the importance of education. Serious boxers and other martial art enthusiasts are constantly taught, correctly, to only use their skills as a last resort. Which is precisely what this guy (correctly) did.

By the way, that he could have literally killed the attacker I have no doubt. But he just knocked him down. So even when he DID use violence, justifiably, he limited himself.

I can't vouch for boxing, as it is designed for sport, but in regards to martial arts your completely correct.

Anything that can kill or maim, is much easier to do than other tactics and methods that are intended to disable.

And that is why a lot of the time, having martial arts experience, doesn't give one the edge that people would assume in a fight. Most fights, especially bar fights, are over something small, neither person wants to kill the other, ( regardless of boasting.) and both are concerned with the legal repercussions. Sure someone may know how to destroy someones eye with an appropriate strike, but does one really want to deal with the legal issues that would incur?

I find fights in modern times very interesting, the unwritten rules, the trepidation, totally different from the duels of the past. It says something about the fact that people want to fight, but not deal with the consequences.

[Ziggurat]

I find fights in modern times very interesting, the unwritten rules, the trepidation, totally different from the duels of the past. It says something about the fact that people want to fight, but not deal with the consequences.

Not to say modern social mores haven't added to this, but it's not an exclusively modern phenomenon. And you even see it in the animal kingdom too: fights that are somewhat stylized, because the opponents aren't going for the kill because the stakes aren't worth it.