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Interesting.
FYI: A "king-hit" is what we in America would call a "sucker punch", that is
to say a surprise attack. Lately Australia has been plagued by its own
version of the "knock-out game", leaving some victims dead or brain damaged.
Although in Australia these king-hit attacks typically occur in and around
night clubs and pubs.
A young man who recently visited Perth Australia told me that the bouncers
in the night clubs in that city would record your name and address from your
I.D. and even photograph you. Apparently this practice is intended to deter
brawlers; nevertheless the young man reported that brawls were still
frequent , including women fighting other women.
If this practice of taking names and pictures of pub and night club patrons
(not to mention the use CCTV surveillance) is common throughout Australia,
then it is puzzling that the Canberra police have been unable to make an
apprehension in this particular assault. Could it be a case of
"de-policing", that is to say ignoring offenses that do not violate
political correctness?
"Police are yet to arrest the man, and CCTV vision appears to show the man
was allowed to leave the scene. Mr Hinchey said that was a real concern."
But Mr Condi defended the actions of the nightclub's security guards, who
were interviewed by police, saying one of the staff immediately rushed over
to help the victim when he hit the ground.
"If there's ever an altercation we try and get in there and help," Mr Condi
said. "Though we're very limited in what we can do. We have a no-violence
policy and anything we see we try to dissolve right away."
Staff would review the venue's security procedures to prevent a similar
incident from happening in future, Mr Condi said.
"Since it's been public we've posted a link to the police story on our
Facebook page and we've been discussing with investigators whether we put
signs up of the wanted man inside the club," he said.
"We're just trying to get as much information as we can."
"Mr Condi said it was difficult to say whether alcohol-related violence had
spiked in the city's centre in recent years, as he hadn't noticed a rise in
incidents. He said responsibility for alcohol-related violence rested on
both licensed venues and individuals."
"Obviously as a venue we have to make sure people don't get too intoxicated,
because we don't want that kind of violence in the venue," he said.
By Epictetus
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