(Above: A local CBS affiliate’s report on the shocking new game that’s catching on among teens)
A new “game” known simply as “knockout” is growing in popularity among teenage boys in the northeastern United States.
The game consists of choosing a random, defenseless person on the street and attempting to knock them out in one punch. The ultimate victory in the game? A “one-hitter-quitter,” a punch that leaves the unsuspecting victim instantly knocked out cold.
New York City’s local CBS affiliate recently took to the streets of New Jersey to conduct an investigative report on the growing number of inner-city teens participating in the violent game.
“You try to hit with one swing and completely knock them out,” one of the teens told the CBS reporter. “Knockout is, like, when you just punch somebody and they just go to sleep when you hit them,” another teen chimed in.
One such attack caught on tape by a surveillance camera showed a 50-year-old teacher named James Addlespurger casually walking by a group of teenage boys when one of them suddenly punches him in the head, leaving him motionless on the pavement. The boys walk away laughing.
“What’s the point,” the CBS reporter asked a teen on the street. “Like, for the fun of it. Like, for little kids to run around, hit people and knock them out,” the teen replied. “It’s just more like picking a target that’s alone, defenseless. They just go ‘boom’ when it’s the right time, right place.”
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