http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/06/12/the-death-of-a-horse-groomer Comments On: The Death of a Horse Groomer by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by long-time reader]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:09:41 -0700 The Stranger
He should lose custody of his daughter and get major prison time, but he won't, because rednecks live for any flimsy excuse for violence and murder (see: any hollywood movie).
Posted by raku]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:40:04 -0700 The Stranger
Sorry I didn't mean imply you specifically said it was easy. But I wanted to head off the yarn spinners. It's still very, very, rare to punch somebody dead.

BTW: The two deaths cited one was a freak aneurism of a little girl who was punched, and the other— the kid who died in police custody— is described as "blunt force" trauma or a "blow to the head" it didn't it say it was a punch and could have easily been a club weapon.


Posted by tkc]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:16:52 -0700 The Stranger The Wire.
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Posted by jnonymous]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:50:53 -0700 The Stranger Posted by ruthw]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:50:40 -0700 The Stranger Posted by NateMan]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:46:20 -0700 The Stranger http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/02/2…
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew…
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine…
From that last source: May be natural, due to rupture of a dilated blood vessel (an aneurysm), or traumatic.
SAH is highly irritant to the brain-stem and is usually rapidly fatal. Traumatic SAH may is usually associated with contusion or laceration to the brain surface.
Rarely SAH is due to a kick or blow to the side of the neck which stretches and ruptures the vertebral artery as it enters the cranial cavity. This phenomenon is called traumatic basal SAH and is most often due to a blow to the side of the chin or jaw in an alcoholic fist-fight. The degree of force required to cause death in this way is less than would be reasonably expected, resulting in prosecution for culpable homicide, rather than murder.
Posted by moosefan]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:58:53 -0700 The Stranger Posted by boyd main]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:52:12 -0700 The Stranger Posted by bleedingheartlibertarian]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:33:17 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Allyn]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:33:11 -0700 The Stranger
What we called "Rabbit punches" (striking the back of the head) were illegal in sport fighting because of the cumulative concussive effect and the rare chance you could kill somebody. Anyway, It's kinda hard to punch somebody in the back of the head. You sometimes see dirty fighters pull a guys head down in the clinch and "slap" the back of the other guys head which can cause a flash knockout pretty easily.

It's the back of the head that is particularly vulnerable and what usually causes a fatality in street altercations is when a person falls after a getting tagged and hits the back of their head on concrete. Or repeated punches to the face and head while the victim is prone and has their skull trapped against a hard surface (that's why in the UFC fighters are now trained to mostly throw lateral hooks when they're in mount).

I'd bet that's what happend here. The guy got on top of the molester dude and unloaded while the molester dudes head was bouncing off concrete. That's why you break that shit up if you see it.

But all that stuff about occipital or bridge of the nose "bones" (the nose is cartilage) being driven into the brain with a punch is nonsense.

Anyway. Just wanted to pop in and dispel a potential myth before the Ninjas Shut-ins on here all assumed they could kill with... ONE BLOW! HYAH!

Posted by tkc]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:27:03 -0700 The Stranger Posted by blip]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:25:24 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Action Slacks]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:20:53 -0700 The Stranger Posted by ratzkywatzky]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:12:24 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Vince]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:07:33 -0700 The Stranger Posted by treacle]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:43:05 -0700 The Stranger http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?sectio…
There's also this: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/extr…

Though I don't really equate lifting a car off of someone with killing someone by punching them in the head. It's not super hard to kill someone if you hit them in the right spot. It's why sometimes inoccuous seeming bumps to the head result in death.

I can't fault the man for his reaction. His instinct to protect his daughter kicked in and that's okay by me. I also think it a far superior reaction than the ones that played out in the Jerry Sandusky case. See someone abusing a child and do nothing? Shameful. React with anger to protect. Good and defensible. I think it's a shame that the abuser died but I won't heap guilt or shame on a man for protecting his kid.
Posted by moosefan]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:42:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by six shooter]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:36:24 -0700 The Stranger Posted by NateMan]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:34:29 -0700 The Stranger
Research shows that this not really increased strength, but simply adrenaline and endorphins blocking out pain and fatigue sensors. In other words, you can always do these things, but it hurts, so you stop. In a crisis, the pain is suppressed.

Also, you do not need increased endurance or strength to kill someone with your bare hands by hitting them on the head.
Posted by Theodore Gorath]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:29:04 -0700 The Stranger That's exactly what I would do had it been my daughter.

Just sayin'
Posted by balmontguy]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:22:28 -0700 The Stranger Posted by I Got Nuthin']]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:19:38 -0700 The Stranger
Texas is an interesting place in terms of notions of justice. The guy will either be let off completely under the "had it com'n" doctrine, or be sentenced to death, under the " 'nother log on the fire" one.
Posted by Tex Ass]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:16:57 -0700 The Stranger