Man slaps 10 year old kid in movie theater for being obnoxious

[Deberg_1990]

OK, im not saying what this man did was right, but in a way I applaud what he did.





http://www.seattlepi.com/local/artic...#ixzz1vc8qNZAL





An Auburn man accused of smacking a loud 10-year-old at a Kent movie theater could face months in jail if convicted of the felony assault charge now filed against him.

King County prosecutors contend 21-year-old Yong Hyun Kim knocked out one of the boy’s teeth after the child and several other youths refused to quiet down and stop throwing popcorn in April.

According to charging documents, Kim admitted to hitting the boy and appeared ashamed when confronted by police with the boy’s age. Kim allegedly said he thought the boy was an adult when he slapped him in the face.

The Associated Press reports the incident occured during a screening of "Titanic" in 3-D.

At 10:40 p.m. on April 11, Kent police were called to the AMC Theater at 426 Ramsay Way following a complaint that a man had attacked a child there.

Officers arrived to find to find the 10-year-old, his mother and several friends in the theater lobby. The boy was bleeding from the nose and missing a tooth.

The boy told police he wasn’t sure why Kim struck him. He said he was seated in the theater when a man with “long hair and … 3D glasses” stepped over a row of seats and confronted him.

According to the boy’s account, Kim said something to the effect of, “You know what, I paid a lot of money to see this movie” and punched him in the face.

For his part, Kim said the boy and others were talking loudly during the movie and throwing popcorn, some of which landed on him and his girlfriend, a Kent detective told the court.

Kim told police he confronted the group about their behavior, to no avail, the detective continued.

“The group laughed at him and did not quiet down,” the detective said in court documents. “Yong (Kim) said he hit one of the subjects in the face with an open hand.”

“I got so mad that it just happened,” Kim told police, according to charging documents.

Kim was arrested and later gave a lengthy statement to police. The detective noted Kim claimed he didn’t know the boy was so young until police informed him.

“When (the arresting officer) asked Yong (Kim) if he was aware that the person he struck was 10 years old … Yong hung his head down and said he thought the person was a grown man,” the detective told the court.

Kim has been charged with second-degree assault, a felony. Kim, who has no criminal record, was briefly jailed and has since been released.

[Stryker]

Although "Kim" is wrong for hitting the 10 yr old, the adults that were with the kid should have corrected him for acting up in the first place. Considering the expense it is to go to the movies these days, the experience does not need to be ruined by an unruly kid nor should the adult let that behavior take place. The adults with the kid should have had their teeth knocked out for letting the little bastard act up in the first place.

[Chiefnj2]

Curtis got slapped, again!

[Mr. Plow]

http://thechive.com/2012/05/22/big-s...cleaner-video/

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by Stryker

Although "Kim" is wrong for hitting the 10 yr old, the adults that were with the kid should have corrected him for acting up in the first place. Considering the expense it is to go to the movies these days, the experience does not need to be ruined by an unruly kid nor should the adult let that behavior take place. The adults with the kid should have had their teeth knocked out for letting the little bastard act up in the first place.

I'm thinking it was a group of kids alone. I don't think the parent showed up until after he got hit.

[Crush]

Originally Posted by Chiefnj2

Curtis got slapped, again!

Curtis Bowen is a fat black son of a bitch.

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by Micjones

End of discussion.

I don't subscribe to that 100 percent of the time. It takes a village you know.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Are people really defending a grown man knocking out a ten year old kid's tooth by hitting him in the face?

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

An open hand slap that knocked out his tooth and bloody his nose. That's a hell of a slap.

The title of this thread is pretty damn misleading. A "slap" won't knock out a kid's tooth. A punch with a closed fist will.

The article quoted in the OP didn't say he slapped the kid. It said he punched the kid.

A 10 year old kid doesn't deserve to get punched in the face by an adult for being loud and obnoxious in a movie theater. There is no defending the adult's behavior. He needs to serve some jail time for assault and battery. If he did that to my kid, I'd wind up in jail for assault and battery, but at least the "victim" would be an adult.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Brainiac

The title of this thread is pretty damn misleading. A "slap" won't knock out a kid's tooth. A punch with a closed fist will.

The article quoted in the OP didn't say he slapped the kid. It said he punched the kid.

A 10 year old kid doesn't deserve to get punched in the face by an adult for being loud and obnoxious in a movie theater. There is no defending the adult's behavior. He needs to serve some jail time for assault and battery. If he did that to my kid, I'd wind up in jail for assault and battery, but at least the "victim" would be an adult.

A slap might knock out a baby tooth, especially if it was already loose. And actually, the story says hit, slap, smack and punch. So who knows what really happened?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

I don't subscribe to that 100 percent of the time. It takes a village you know.

A village protects children first and foremost. I wonder if that 10 year old kid has a dad.

[Beef Supreme]

Dude did what most of us would LIKE to do in this situation, but hopefully have enough sense NOT to do.

[Lex Luthor]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

A slap might knock out a baby tooth, especially if it was already loose. And actually, the story says hit, slap, smack and punch. So who knows what really happened?

I'll concede the point that it could have been a slap rather than a punch, since the perpetrator called it a slap. It doesn't really matter, because he hit the kid hard enough to knock a tooth out of his head. Saying "it could have been just a baby tooth that I knocked out of the kid's mouth when he pissed me off" is not a viable defense.

[Micjones]

Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

I don't subscribe to that 100 percent of the time. It takes a village you know.

That concept is only applicable where love is there to balance any action taken.
This man had no prior exposure to that child. Completely unacceptable and utterly indefensible.

[ToxSocks]

Lol. I have no sympathy for the kid. I wouldn't have done it myself, that's just not smart.

But some of these little shit head kids deserve it.

[Rain Man]

It's probably no coincidence that this happened two days after a Chinese company bought AMC Theaters. I suspect there'll be a lot more people being slapped around by Asian men in theaters going forward as they consolidate their control.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/bu...hollywood.html

I hope everyone realizes that this is how the Chinese invasion of America will take place. Americans getting slapped in theaters. Americans staying at home. Empty theaters, slowly getting populated by Chinese soldiers. And then one day, probably during a Jason Sudeikis movie, all of the theaters in America will be filled with platoons, companies, and brigades of Chinese infantry, and there won't be a damned thing we can do about it since they all bought tickets. And then during the closing credits they'll storm out, shooting and stabbing with their bayonets, and it will be the end of America as we know it.

[ToxSocks]

Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet

Dude did what most of us would LIKE to do in this situation, but hopefully have enough sense NOT to do.

This.