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Bucky

(54,026 posts)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 07:20 PM Mar 2014

That ain't an "uppercut"

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/79528909/Video-Alan-Grayson-domestic-incident-was-caught-on-camera

It's a brief second of fury on her part, with him clearly backing off. The camera's too jerky to see the first swing, but it seems to be a straight rabbit-punch, possibly whiffed, followed by a wild swing-and-a-miss. But even that second swing she's coming down, not puinching up like a boxer.

I bring this up because the language "uppercut" makes it seem like he was close in during a fight, like it was a real fight. If it was, it wasn't caught on the tape, which only shows a brief second of lashing out on her part, not prolonged domestic violence. Of course anything could have been going on when no camera's around, but at least don't let people around you get away with exaggerating what's on the video.

For the record, Grayson's 18 year old daughter reports that she witnessed the incident and says her father didn't in any way shove or respond to the incident with violence himself. She says he backed away and the video backs up that account.
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That ain't an "uppercut" (Original Post) Bucky Mar 2014 OP
That's really unfortunate the daughter had to see that steve2470 Mar 2014 #1
Seriously, I wish you Democrats well, but the minute the mothership comes back... Bucky Mar 2014 #2
Too bad, Bucky! WhiteTara Mar 2014 #3

Bucky

(54,026 posts)
2. Seriously, I wish you Democrats well, but the minute the mothership comes back...
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 07:36 PM
Mar 2014

I'm off this fuckin' planet. You humans are insane.

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