re: Autistic teen got lost running 5K, assaulted by man who feared mugging

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I agree. But that does not excuse someone assaulting him.

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Idk why this is being downvoted. I assume folks didn't read the article.

First of all, the guy thought this kid was going to mug him? Look what this potential mugger is wearing.



Dude has a damn number on his chest.

Not to mention there was an eye witness. Obviously he didn't deserve to be assaulted.

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The other witness, Kris Van Metter, told Syracuse.com that he had just finished a bicycle ride when he saw the same scene.

"I see a grown man, who is quite tall and fairly heavy . . . exit the vehicle and give this young man a shove that puts him back 10 feet and flat on his butt," Van Metter told the news site. "Like, just shoved him across the road. The kid didn't seem to be doing anything but standing there, obviously had nothing in his hands and weighed all of 130 pounds. This guy was easily twice that."

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