Skateboard skirmish between foreigner and police sparks stir at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok (video)

[sheldoncollier]

1 minute ago, Grge Soul said:

Filthy locust from mainland China.

 

Very entitled, very very very entitled.

 

They drove me to rage on may occasions. Got tired of fisticuffs with them. Left China. 

 

Sadly they're everywhere.

 

If I sound racist I'm sorry... not sorry. 13 years in the PRC, 20 years in Asia (including Taiwan). Entitled mainlanders are the worst of the worst.

I think he's Korean. He is speaking Korean in the video.

[thaibeachlovers]

33 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Hitting a police officer, shoot him in the leg.

What are you on about? You think he's going to keep his leg still so they can aim at his leg? Do you have any idea how hard it is to hit a small moving target with a handgun?

Cops are trained to shoot into the abdomen as it's the largest target.

[sheldoncollier]

41 minutes ago, keith101 said:

I would have a guess that he is Chinese and believes he can do whatever he wants without any repercussions for his actions which is a very Kevin and typical attitude  

I think he's Korean. He is speaking Korean in the video.

[OneMoreFarang]

10 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

I wonder what happened to start that off.

Does it matter?

This was not a split-second reaction. The attack on the police officer goes on for over a minute.

Anybody with a working brain would have realized latest after a few seconds that this is a very stupid idea. 

[wwest5829]

3 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

That's what would have happened in the USA, for sure. The guy was lucky to find such cool police officers here.

No, that would not have happened in the USA under the same circumstances. However, he would have been taken down and handcuffed immediately after assaulting an officer.

[transam]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

What are you on about? You think he's going to keep his leg still so they can aim at his leg? Do you have any idea how hard it is to hit a small moving target with a handgun?

Cops are trained to shoot into the abdomen as it's the largest target.

The solution was a taser, but alas I doubt they have one..........????

[Zack61]

I hope he’s not expecting a visa extension. In a more civilised country it’s likely they would have just shot or tasered him. Hats off to the BIB. 

[Jonathan Swift]

44 minutes ago, keith101 said:

I would have a guess that he is Chinese and believes he can do whatever he wants without any repercussions for his actions which is a very Kevin and typical attitude  

 The accent sounded Japanese to me

[Jonathan Swift]

Bet he was drunk

[Jonathan Swift]

11 minutes ago, Grge Soul said:

Filthy locust from mainland China.

 

Very entitled, very very very entitled.

 

They drove me to rage on many occasions. Got tired of fisticuffs with them. Left China. 

 

Sadly they're everywhere.

 

If I sound racist I'm sorry... not sorry. 13 years in the PRC, 20 years in Asia (including Taiwan). Entitled mainlanders are the worst of the worst.

You're only racist if you cast aspersions and assign negative connotations generally and randomly toward isolated individuals of an ethnic group, because they belong to that group. Just because you've had bad experiences in China does not in and of itself justify malignant racism. then you've added another problem on top of the original one. I've seen racism against Blacks in the US rationalized similarly all of my 66 years, and it's ugly. Meanwhile I've run into more misbehaving British louts and blighters lately than any other group, with various other ethnicities also guilty, and very few Chinese by comparison. Granted, that's because of Covid, but fact nonetheless, and I'm not going to tar and feather any group because of it.

Edited August 11, 2023 by Jonathan Swift

[recom273]

13 minutes ago, bob smith said:

copper prolly did somethin he shouldnt have.

That's what I see - two kids who don't move, maybe they are his kids - one of them may have been dicking around on the skateboard, the policeman may have done something to escalate and the old man didnt appreciate it.

He only seems to have a problem with one officer, the policeman is showing a little restraint, but badly trained, if he was going to pull his baton he shouldn't use it to antagonize the situation by hitting the skateboard - he should have only used it (imho) to take out the tourist at the knees, but what do I care.

 

[khunpa]

That makes it as the most bizarre thing I have seen this week. What the hell is wrong with people?

 

Amazing they did not just take him down. 

[cjinchiangrai]

He is lucky he was not shot. Arrest, incarcerate, deport and ban.

[n00dle]

22 minutes ago, likerdup1 said:

Translation brought to  you by Google Translate:

 

See my skateboard? You must bow to it's power!! I can have this hat for free because Thailand must give it to me since my skateboard has much power. My swim trunks show how powerful and great my skateboard skills are. I have the power of the skateboard and you must recognize that or the skateboard will it be brought to bare on your body! See! See! see my skateboard.. it will hit you. My skateboard will hit you!

summary by chatgpt:

blah blah, im trying to hard to be be funny, blah

[kennw]

56 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Just shoot the idiot. Problem solved. 

Should have called in a few "Wins" they would have sorted the offender out with a few swift kicks.

[cjinchiangrai]

8 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

You're only racist if you cast aspersions and assign negative connotations generally and randomly toward isolated individuals of an ethnic group, because they belong to that group. Just because you've had bad experiences in China does not in and of itself justify malignant racism. then you've added another problem on top of the original one. I've seen racism against Blacks in the US rationalized similarly all of my 66 years, and it's ugly. Meanwhile I've run into more misbehaving British louts and blighters lately than any other group, with various other ethnicities also guilty, and very few Chinese by comparison. Granted, that's because of Covid, but fact nonetheless, and I'm not going to tar and feather any group because of it.

I lived in China many years and never had a problem. Everyone was very nice.

[Wuvu2]

The RTP showed almost ridiculous restraint. They shoulda tazered him just to set an example.  Anyone giving this a try at LAX would get the bejesus stomped out of him by the cops - and well deserved at that ????

 

 

 

 

[Toby1947]

37 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

And what's the problem with a grown man having and riding a skateboard.

Grow up, anyone over 9yrs old on a skateboard needs treatment ????????????

[PingRoundTheWorld]

"Foreigner". Just say Chinese. If he wasn't I doubt the officers would've shown such restraint. While I'm all for police restraint - in this case they gave him way too much opportunity to attack and harm their fellow officer. Wouldn't have been hard to subdue him from behind - gotta wonder why they never even tried.

The rise of the Chinese here does not bode well for Thailand. The "rich" ones that Thailand so desperately seeks bring nothing but trouble - like this fine specimen, as well as all the criminals and druggies rounded up before the election (funny how they stopped busting them post-election, huh?).

[fredwiggy]

43 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

True. They should have shot him and be done with it.

Although it does happen, even in America, no policeman in their right mind shoots someone trying to hit them with a skateboard. Policemen that shoot others who aren't holding an actual weapon, are either very prejudiced or very disturbed. That's what tasers are for. They did show restraint. I would have tackled the idiot and brought him to jail.

[stix40]

I wonder what would of happened if the skateboard chap was not Asian ? 

 

[DJ54]

What a <deleted> (skateboard guy)… …. if I were the police I’d introduce the guy to taser at minimum… No reason for that behavior…, on another 

note looked like on of the bar fight guys in line with checkered shirt…

[fredwiggy]

7 minutes ago, Toby1947 said:

Grow up, anyone over 9yrs old on a skateboard needs treatment ????????????

Very good exercise, and who's against exercise but those that don't do it? Adults play badminton, a game usually thought of as a child's game.

[itsallmine68]

Skateboard vs Gun who will prevail?

[PingRoundTheWorld]

32 minutes ago, sheldoncollier said:

He is speaking Korean in the video.

27 minutes ago, Jonathan Swift said:

 The accent sounded Japanese to me

I speak Japanese fluently and studied Korean for a couple of years. He is not speaking either. This sounds like Chinese.

[Boedog]

arrest him, charge him put him back on a plane and get rid of him

[renaissanc]

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

I would have a guess that he is Chinese and believes he can do whatever he wants without any repercussions for his actions which is a very Kevin and typical attitude  

In view of the way Chinese men often behave, you may well be right. Morality isn't taught in schools in China anymore.

[renaissanc]

Just now, Boedog said:

arrest him, charge him put him back on a plane and get rid of him

And blacklist him.

[Jaggg88]

49 minutes ago, Muhendis said:

I wonder what happened to start that off.

The police told him he couldn't take the skateboard on to the plane as it could be used as a weapon so he decided to demonstrate that it is an ineffective weapon ????????????

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, bob smith said:

The foreigner was well within his rights here.

 

The thai police were being too heavy handed ???? 

The foreigner was skateboarding in an airport terminal. He was being a plonker.