rooster59 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Crazed driver beaten by angry mob after attacking Bangkok cop BANGKOK:-- Quite unbelievable scenes greeted commuters in Bangkok on Friday evening.The incident, which has been captured on video, happened outside Big C in Ratchada.The footage shows the driver of a white Honda City park his car across two lanes of traffic, causing huge congestion and tailbacks. The crazed driver then got out of the vehicle and went on a wild rampage, threatening other drivers and kicking out at vehicles, to the astonishment of those nearby.A police officer who came to investigate the incident was then punched on the side of the head by the madman, before himself being set upon by a group of people who came to the rescue of the cop.As the melee continued, the policeman manages to apprehend the attacker by sitting on top of him as he lay in the middle of the road. The attacker was then handcuffed and taken away by police.Khaosod reports that a man remains in police custody having been charged with assault and drink driving. -- 2016-01-23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickylies Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) aha! that made their day, waiting for that special moment to let go of suppressed rage and frustration seen it so often, and the funny thing is, it always instantly grows to a crowd attacking the bad guy, male and female ow loei, ow loei Edited January 23, 2016 by stickylies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starchild5 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 There were clearly two farangs kicking and punching the guy..The one in black t shirt ..who flying kicks is a farang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I think it might be a while before he thinks about punching another cop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Funny stuff. Given all the crap that Thai police have rained upon the general Thai population, I am surprised at Thais leaping in to aid him. Guess the desire to get in a few good licks in a standard Thai mob beatdown overwhelmed their dislike of the police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorristheRunt Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Fight like cowards. These incidents seem to be occuring a lot more frequently these days, but must just be the 1% of the unhappy population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 All this in the land of jai yen yen, shocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbothaivisa Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 good on them, muppets commenting their disapproval must prefer being "back home" where passers-by either pretend they didn't notice, or just film it on their phones. Thailand still has a thing called community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughben Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 It is usually a foreigner with some sort of dispute in a bar that gets the mob descending upon them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKee Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) All very went wrong. First crazy man actions, then opponents actions, and finally reaction of camera ladies who seemed to enjoy so much about scene. Latter worry me most. Edited January 23, 2016 by JackKee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 good on them, muppets commenting their disapproval must prefer being "back home" where passers-by either pretend they didn't notice, or just film it on their phones. Thailand still has a thing called community Frankly, I think it's more a case of not wanting to miss out on a good opportunity for a public beat down...regardless of the circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKee Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint.Are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint.Are you serious? How would you have reacted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKee Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint.Are you serious?How would you have reacted?Put guy down without extra violence. There were enough people to do that. Kicking to head mental ill guy on ground is unnecessary. There is law to punish such actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoilSpoil Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint.Are you serious?How would you have reacted?Put guy down without extra violence. There were enough people to do that. Kicking to head mental ill guy on ground is unnecessary. There is law to punish such actions. Thats not how group hysteria works and after blocking the traffic, kicking cars and hitting a cop, he could himself lucky to still be alive. Imagine him doing this in the US, the police would have shot him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKee Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint.Are you serious?How would you have reacted?Put guy down without extra violence. There were enough people to do that. Kicking to head mental ill guy on ground is unnecessary. There is law to punish such actions. Thats not how group hysteria works and after blocking the traffic, kicking cars and hitting a cop, he could himself lucky to still be alive. Imagine him doing this in the US, the police would have shot him.Maybe in US. I don't know. But as European I know solution can be different. Yes, it can happen like this. But should not happen that someone says "Well done". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Khaosod reports that a man remains in police custody having been charged with assault and drink driving.They should add property damage and traffic congestion.Luckily the brainless had no gun in his pocket. Edited January 23, 2016 by tomacht8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustwest Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 In Manhattan a yellow cab or truck would have pushed him out of the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Police don't use tasers in the country? The policeman should have not approached the guy like that., He would have had his ass tasered anywhere else in the world. This would have stopped the inevitable beat down that always happens here. Hope the prick gets his car impounded and huge fines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKee Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Police don't use tasers in the country? The policeman should have not approached the guy like that., He would have had his ass tasered anywhere else in the world. This would have stopped the inevitable beat down that always happens here. Hope the prick gets his car impounded and huge fines. That's the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint.Are you serious?How would you have reacted?Put guy down without extra violence. There were enough people to do that. Kicking to head mental ill guy on ground is unnecessary. There is law to punish such actions. Being drunk is a mental illness now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKee Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Great reaction of the crowd. Bystanders only stepped when this idiot started hitting someone. Quite some restraint.Are you serious?How would you have reacted?Put guy down without extra violence. There were enough people to do that. Kicking to head mental ill guy on ground is unnecessary. There is law to punish such actions. Being drunk is a mental illness now?Same thing in practice. Just look behavior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisH Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Police don't use tasers in the country? The policeman should have not approached the guy like that., He would have had his ass tasered anywhere else in the world. This would have stopped the inevitable beat down that always happens here. Hope the prick gets his car impounded and huge fines. That's the way. I'm sure Thai police would have shot him if he was armed though. They don't seem to have a problem with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iReason Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The guy in the red shirt has a mean left. Gotta watch out for those southpaws... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 A post containing a derogatory slur toward Thai people has been removed as well as a reply: 11) You will not post slurs, degrading or overly negative comments directed towards Thailand, specific locations, Thai institutions such as the judicial or law enforcement system, Thai culture, Thai people or any other group on the basis of race, nationality, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artisi Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 "Imagine him doing this in the US, the police would have shot him". Only if he was black. Luckily the crazy one wasn't carrying, otherwise the BIB would have been shot _ probably along with a few others ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnniey Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The guys who attacked him were from the car that was kicked by him, which isn't shown on the short vdo. He kicked a few cars and I am surprised that took a policeman 5 minutes to get to the scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas2 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Khaosod reports that a man remains in police custody having been charged with assault and drink driving. They should add property damage and traffic congestion. Luckily the brainless had no gun in his pocket. I thought the same. But then, maybe there was already more than one gun locked and loaded ready in the crowd, waiting for the signal, the guy's wrong move... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeegee Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 No matter how drunk he supposedly was, he couldn't have thought he was in the right about anything after he left his car parked like that and began goading bystanders and attacking nearby cars. Seems he was letting go of anger and any drunkenness was merely the on-switch. Often when violence erupts in assaults or shootings it's about face and there's a specific reason like an unfaithful wife or long standing dispute before the flashpoint. In this case he seemed to be offloading quite randomly once he had a reason to start. What this shows to me is how much anger and frustration there is from normal Thais. Many things like this would have happened before the internet made them so accessible for all to see, but it just doesn't seem to fit any more that Thais are remotely 'jai yen' people or that Thailand is any kind of a land of smiles. Given the generals' track record I really don't hold out much hope for the future and it seems inevitable that Thailand is heading for yet more mass violence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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