obviously we need to criminalize demon scotch and rum and lock up people who use it and their pushers.

Right?

oh, wait, sorry, that was MJ ... never mind.

Why is the puncher an assailant? Isn't this self-defense?

Good thing he didn't meet up with this guy:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/1415/saturday-…

Scotch is a hell of a drug.

Weed certainly would never incite this violent behavior. If only the lawmakers had a shred of common sense....

@5 sadly they don't.

I guess Christine just likes promoting drunks and endangering Seattle voters.

Normally a hug is the correct response, but this guy sounds like he needed to get punched again.

Not a good way to build sympathy.

Wow this intern is a moron where did you find him?

It is not a crime to talk shit.

It is a crime to push people, if they decide to press charges; sounds like they didn't.

And the biggest crime is punching someone in the face.

This guy is definitely a victim in many ways, and the guy who punched him is definitely the bigger fuckup of the two.

Don't ya just hate it when victims try to escape???

"Fucking wasted on Scotch" has often been my status for days, nay, weeks at a time.

Actually he didn't lie on the ground for ten minutes - that makes it sound like everyone just let him lie there and ignored him. I was across the street when this happened, and didn't know what was going on, all I saw was a guy clock another guy in the jaw and then walk quickly away.
A woman who'd been standing by them immediately called 911 and I went over and stabilized his head (his neck was at a weird angle) and used my coat to put pressure on the gushing wound on the back of his head from where he'd hit the cement. The cops and the ambulance were there within five minutes, I'd say; the EMTs put a brace around the guy's neck and took him off on a stretcher while the cops took statements from witnesses. I hadn't been paying any attention to what the guy who punched him looked like so I left after that.
Frankly, I'm sorry I wasted one of my favorite coats on him, but I had no way to know that at the time; it's kind of hard to ascertain whether or not someone's a douchebag when they're unconscious and bleeding profusely.

The drunks downtown are a menace. How many people did he assault before he was finally brought down? I don't give a shit about HIS story, I want to hear THEIRS.

There is nothing like taking a walk with your S.O. just to have a drunk moron run across the street and break your umbrella.

if only everyone had been armed.

This guy should be next week's Drunk of the Week. It would be much more interesting than the usual fuck with a PBR in one hand and his little wang in the other.

@2: Responding to a push with a potentially lethal punch to the face of a drunk sounds like a gross overreaction and could easily be grounds for an assault charge.

1) This kind of one-punch "fight" is often fatal. Not a good way to resolve a breach of the peace.

2) Some of the nicest people I've ever known are assholes when drunk. Others aren't. No pattern to it that I can make out.