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.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Wow, those both surprise me. Maybe it is a regional thing. Up here, the police would have been involved on both of those cases.

Did you not wear a helmet and knee pads when riding your bicycle either?
Did you play soccer or baseball?

My guess is that a lot of it is urban vs. rural. My hometown has about 12k people or so. I was riding my bike around town - even to friends' houses five miles out in the country - in middle school. My brother and I would go and "hunt" frogs with BB guns and machetes around that same age down by the river, which was probably a two-mile hike from home.

As for your specific questions, I believe I wore a helmet (no knee pads) when learning to ride a bike, but after I learned I stopped wearing a helmet entirely. And I played soccer, though I'm not quite sure how that fits in.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by DaFace

My guess is that a lot of it is urban vs. rural. My hometown has about 12k people or so. I believe I wore a helmet (no knee pads) when learning to ride a bike, but after I learned I stopped wearing a helmet entirely. And I played soccer, though I'm not quite sure how that fits in.

I was just curious, trying to fit things into my perceived time line.

Those things, including soccer, came along with a lot of the other changes referenced.

I blame a lot of it on the mini van.

Emporia?

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

I was just curious, trying to fit things into my perceived time line.

Those things, including soccer, came along with a lot of the other changes referenced.

I blame a lot of it on the mini van.

Emporia?

Ha...we did indeed own a mini van.

Ark City.

[Fish]

I drove to school in 1995 with a gun in my truck...

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Ha...we did indeed own a mini van.

Ark City.

Wow, I spent a lot of time down there. Did you ever go out to the drag strip? Go over to Drury?

Buy any auto parts from Jeff Musson?

[Nzoner]

Originally Posted by frazod

My dad never laid a hand on me. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO. He had a bad temper and didn't really like me anyway - I knew he'd beat the shit out of me if I crossed the line. I really only approached it once. Back then, my dad was the size I am now, and I weighed about 130. He got that look in his eye and said, "So, you think you're a man now?" My reply - "No."

My dad beat my ass 3 times growing up and that was enough.After the third time I got the message that when he used my first and middle name together he actually meant time to chill the hell out or you're getting it.

[mikey23545]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

This, and this. I know it has been around a while, but it is the truth.

HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2011
Scenario 1:
Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack..
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2011 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario 2:
Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies.
2011 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario 3:
Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2011 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The family gets extra money (SSI) from the government because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario 4:
Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman..
2011 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse, Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist.

Scenario 5:
Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock..
2011 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations. His car is then searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario 6:
Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college.
2011 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum.. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario 7:
Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2011 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents - and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.


Scenario 8:
Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, . Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2011 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.


This shows how ridiculous we have become!

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Wow, I spent a lot of time down there. Did you ever go out to the drag strip? Go over to Drury?

Buy any auto parts from Jeff Musson?

Oddly, I've never been to the drag strip. Just never was my dad's kind of thing I guess. And I'm not sure what Drury is.

Definitely now the Musson's though. I graduated with Gage, though I can't remember exactly what the family tree was like.

[1ChiefsDan]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Again, unlikely, but it's not unheard of for a boy to have started puberty by age 10.

I'm not saying that it's likely, but that it's POSSIBLE that the dude was genuinely mistaken.

Have you seen some of the kids from Longmont? JFC I am sure they feed the HGH up there. It is not unlikely that a 10 year old could be mistaken for an adult.