Kicking someone in the head that didn't want to fight in the first place is some hoe shit. I'd be pissed if I was a philly local, shit like this doesn't make it any easier for the people that live and skate there.
Thank you. I'm a firm believer in the 'anything goes in a fight' logic, but this was not a fight, it was an attack. Ranger was not trying to fight the kids and he was not nearly enough of a threat to kick in the head. Spitting on him is just fucked.
Why was that little muslim lady only person it seemed was willing to even try to stand up for the ranger? Widespread complacency is sickening, people are too scared to intervene when there's an obvious wrong happening because they're too concerned with their own shit. Why risk getting hit yourself when it's someone else who's being assaulted? Because that's the right thing to do. If more people were willing to get involved then maybe little wannabe badasses like this group wouldn't be so brazen.
"Both sides" was pretty damned clear in the video. Anyone who's taking the side of the kids, especially of it's just because they ride skateboards, should sit back and take a hard look at the situation, reflect on their principles, and consider that there might be some things about yourself worth trying to change.