There are better ways to handle noisy children than jumping over a row of seats and assaulting them. He could have just jumped over a row of seats and yelled "SHUT THE **** UP!"

And the kids woulda laughed in his face and probably thrown popcorn or soda at him, thus making the situation worse.

The only option the guy really had was to to tell an Usher, get them escorted out and he probably coulda got free comp passes out of it too.

Maybe if you’re dropping a sissy chick slap on him, but the Radar family keeps the pimp hand strong and we’ve been known to knock a bitches fillings loose.

The parent was part of the problem in this story, dummy. So your little safe haven might not be so safe. JERK!

Hey! Me and mah posse don't take shit from any asians. This missing tooth will give me street cred. :harumph:

Sorry, I flew off the handle just now. I'm sorry. I miss you. :(

Not defending the guy at all, don't get me wrong. Just taking issue with people assuming things without knowing the facts. It could have been a punch, but we don't know - the suspect called it a slap, the victim called it a punch (the article calls it several things); the kid lost a tooth, that we know; but we can't say "permanent damage" because it could have been a baby tooth that was barely hanging on. That said, it could have been a permanent tooth that will have to be repaired. Hell, unless they found the tooth, the kid could be a little liar and he lost the tooth earlier eating popcorn. The point is, we don't know what the facts are, just what was presented in the article.

I just don't like assumptions.

Maybe. But these kids were 10 years old. They also might have been so scared that they peed their pants and immediately quieted down.

I admit your option is better. I'm just saying that just about ANYTHING would be better than what he did, and I'm surprised at the number of people in this thread who have defended him.

Saying that he struck a 10 year old kid in the face isn't an assumption. All of the other details could affect the severity of his punishment, but he admitted that he assaulted a 10 year old kid.

I'm appauled by this. A grown man actually went to see Titantic 3D? WTF?

Did I say otherwise? I didn't intend to, if so.

I'm appalled by this.

An apology is great, but there was no excuse to hit frazod and knock out his tooth.

Can somebody please tell frazod that I miss him??? :(

It was probably just a baby tooth.

Just kidding, buddy. miss u