British box art for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
RFP Staff
♦Older people, young people, women and children, beware. There’s a vicious game in Salisbury being perpetrated by young thugs called the “Knockout Game”. A victim, usually an older white person or someone of slight stature, is targeted by a small group of teenage boys and girls for a knockout or beat. Always, the Knockout Game begins with a sucker punch and may end with stomping. In other urban areas of the United States and the UK, a few people have died from severe brain traumas as the result of knockouts and follow-up stompings.
Here in Salisbury, NC, several older folks and teenagers have suffered from wolf pack attacks begun with a sucker punch. Generally the Knockout Games occur after school hours along Ellis, Fulton, and South Main. The Historic District has had several knockout attacks since the summer. Older citizens are urged to travel in pairs and consider various forms of self-protection.
CBS News Report (Violent imagery):
An alleged catalyst of the Knockout Game is said to be the violent video game: “Grand Theft Auto”:
