{"id":1416749,"date":"2022-04-03T09:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T13:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1416749"},"modified":"2022-04-03T09:14:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T13:14:56","slug":"runner-sucker-punched-by-athlete-during-race-exploring-civil-remedies-in-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/runner-sucker-punched-by-athlete-during-race-exploring-civil-remedies-in-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner Sucker-Punched By Athlete During Race \u2018Exploring Civil Remedies\u2019 In Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frunner-sucker-punched-by-athlete-during-race-exploring-civil-remedies-in-response%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1416749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-97535177.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After a high school runner in a 1600 meter race was sucker-punched from behind and knocked to the ground by another athlete in the middle of the race at a Florida high school track meet, the Osceola County Sheriff\u2019s Office reportedly claimed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/03\/31\/high-school-runner-who-was-sucker-punched-on-track-not-pressing-charges\/\">neither side<\/a>\u00a0wanted to press charges.<\/p>\n<p>But now the attorney for the runner who was sucker-punched has countered that report, saying the reason the runner did not press charges was because he was told he would be arrested for battery. Reports stated that the athlete had blocked the runner by standing on the track prior to the sucker-punching incident and the runner had pushed him out of the way. Attorney Nathan Carter stated, as TMZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/04\/02\/sucker-punch-high-school-track-runner-press-charges-lawsuit\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The family has read reports that the OCSD claims [my client] refused to press charges. This is false. The family of the victim did want to press charges for this vicious attack and assault caught on video and witnessed by hundreds of people. The OCSD deputy told the family that if [my client] pressed charges then he would also be arrested for battery. Only because of this threat did the family choose not to press charges.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carter said his client suffered a concussion and is \u201cexploring civil remedies against all those responsible,\u201d adding, \u201cIf this event hired proper officials to help run this track meet, they could have prevented this. They could have prevented the CC athlete from standing on the track during the first turn. Or they could have moved the CC athlete after the first lap incident. Or they could have moved the CC athlete before the second lap incident. Or they could have stopped the CC athlete before he chased [my client] down and sucker-punched him. \u2026 They had many opportunities to prevent this and failed to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWitnesses say the runner in first place yelled at the athlete in black to move \u2026 but when the next lap came around, the guy appeared to purposely get in the way of the runner by standing on the track,\u201d TMZ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/03\/30\/high-school-runner-sucker-punched-track-during-race\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAccording to witnesses, the runner in first then pushed the athlete in black to get him out of the way. In response, the athlete chased down the runner and punched him from behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at the Tohopekaliga Tiger Invitational in Kissimmee,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/30\/crazy-video-shows-runner-get-sucker-punched-at-florida-hs-track-meetideo-shows-runner-get-sucker-punched-at-florida-hs-track-meet\/\">The New York Post<\/a>\u00a0reported. \u201cWitnesses claim the athlete in a black uniform was standing on the track as the runner in white and red was circling around and leading the pack,\u201d TMZ stated, adding, \u201cWe\u2019re told law enforcement and the Florida High School Athletic Association were notified of the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a3c2930daa3bcc0c487a6a622fb05ab7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default\" data-context=\"{\" section>\u201cAthletes from 27 schools competed in the invitational,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10031276-florida-high-school-track-athletes-punch-of-runner-during-race-caught-on-video\">Bleacher Report<\/a>\u00a0noted.<\/section>\n[embedded content]\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How a high school track meet in Florida turns out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h9TOBGWBwM\">pic.twitter.com\/h9TOBGWBwM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spider Hoof (@spider_hoof) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spider_hoof\/status\/1509300468710735877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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