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Innocent People Getting Punched for no Reason in Dangerous Knockout Game
The Knockout Game is a disturbing trend emerging among teens in the US. A group of teens, get together and punch random passersby on streets. Their aim is to knock people out cold in a single punch. The singular move is termed the ‘one-hitter-quitter’.
Incidents of the Knockout Game have been reported throughout the US, mostly from the New York metro area and Washington. Media reports suggest that the elderly and women with children are not exempt from this brutal game. Some reporters think that the crimes have a motive; almost all the victims seem to be white, Asian, Jews, homosexuals, and sometimes even vegan. Earlier this month, CBS covered the Knockout Game in detail. One teen told reporters, “You just knock them out. You hit them with a blow and you take their belongings.” While some say that they participate simply for the fun of it, others are wannabe tough guys who want to test their strength.
One of the most recent victims of the game was Phoebe Connolly from Washington D.C. As she was riding her bike in the Columbia Heights section, a teen rushed up to her and punched her face with brute force. “My whole head went flying to the side,” she said. “One kid came from the side and pretty much cut me off. He threw a hook with his left hand and got me right in the face and he said, ‘Wapow!’”
Knockout游戏是最近在美国青年中流行的一种残酷的游戏。一群十几岁的青少年聚在街头，冷不丁地以重拳攻击路人。他们的目的是一拳头就要让对方不省人事。这种行为还有一个特定的术语“one-hitter-quitter”。
Knockout事件已经在全美多地报道发生，主要发生在纽约都会区和华盛顿。媒体报道称老人和带小孩的女人也不会幸免于这种暴力游戏，一些记者还认为这种犯罪行为都有同一个动机：几乎所有的受害人都是白人、亚裔、犹太人、同性恋，有的还是素食主义者。本月初，哥伦比亚广播公司详细地报道了Knockout事件。一名青少年告诉记者：“就是把他们击倒，一拳头让他们不省人事然后拿走他们的随身物品。”但有一些青少年说他们参与这种游戏纯碎只是为了好玩，还有一些人是想成为街头硬汉并向别人证明自己的强大和勇猛。
来自华盛顿的Phoebe Connolly就是最近受到随机攻击的，她正在骑自行车爬坡时，一名少年冲到面前对着她的脸直接一记重拳。“我感觉自己的整个脑袋都飞到一边了。”她说，“一个小子从旁边猛冲到我面前，接着他抬起左手一记勾拳打到我脸上， 嘴里叫着‘哇哦’！”
独立新闻网站WND也曾报道过过去两年内美国共发生了几百例Knockout事件。许多受害人当时都做了备录，但执法人员是到现在才意识到这类事件的作案模式并把他们与Knockout游戏联系起来。
