VIBRANT ENCOUNTER: In Attack, NYPD Says Attempted Robbery, Victim Says ‘Knockout Game’

Avila told the news station he was leaving a friend’s house and looking at his cell phone as three teenagers passed by.

Then he was punched.

“Just as they were about to walk past me, one of them moves very suddenly and I feel a very hard impact to my face, as if I got hit by a brick or something,” Avila told Channel 4-New York.

Kudos to this man for refraining from walking to the other side of the street to avoid the teenagers. That would have been racist and far worse than any head injuries he might sustain from an unprovoked attack by thugs.

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