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Video: Man Screaming Racial Slurs On Subway Gets Punched Out Cold
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 18, 2012
Modified Oct 18, 2012
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John Del Signore
Published Oct 18, 2012
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There's not much to say about this video, except that there's something gratifying about its climax, in which an unhinged man ranting about Obama, Guantanamo, and "niggers" on the subway gets knocked out cold by a straphanger with a mean left hook. We're not proud of ourselves for enjoying this, and we don't condone violence, but there isn't a New Yorker alive who hasn't fantasized at least briefly about decking some jerk on the subway. In a way, the assailant in this video is living the dream:
Anyway, this is also a good opportunity to remind New Yorkers that in addition to refraining from hate speech while riding the subway, we should also be very careful about trash-talking the Ukraine.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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