Unprovoked, Deadly 'Knockout Game' Attacks Spread As Youth Do It For 'Fun'

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Source: CBS Newspath

The attacks are shocking and violent – and sometimes deadly -- but youth across the country are calling the unprovoked attacks a "game" that they are "playing."

The point of Knockout or One-Hitter-Quitter, as many youth call it, is to randomly select someone walking down the street and punch them in the face in the hopes of knocking them out with one hit.

"They think it's funny. They think it's amusing," said one person about kids who take part in Knockout. She was interviewed in a Youtube video that has gone viral.

One victim of an attack was unsuspecting 50-year-old teacher-- James Addlespurger -- who was hit when he was innocently walking toward a group of boys.

Read more: http://www.wbtw.com/story/24023247/deadly-knockout-game-attacks-spreading-as-kids-do-it-for-fun

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