Fox 6 Reporter Beaten on Camera By Identity Thief

[Ioman]

http://consumerist.com/consumer/john-mattes/fox-6-reporter-beaten-on-camera-by-identity-thief-199095.php

Wow, that guys needs to be locked up for a long long time!

[dang]

Ya he does. Glad it got caught on tape

[postalemaniac]

what kind of puss uses his forearm to hit a guy rather than his fist? I hope this guy finds out how criminals really fight in the glorious Florida prison system.
lmao... its tru

[Ioman]

LOL I didn't see that quote, thats funny. Its like he tried to close-line/punch him!

[jtfields]

There's actually a local radio talk show host here that makes the argument that the reporter "got what he deserved." His view is that the investigative reporter had already interviewed the guy who denied the allegations. But the reporter kept showing up multiple times with cameras to follow him around and harass him and his wife. Finally, one day the wife snaps. The talk show host argues that the reporter should have left once the wife was so upset. Instead the reporter just responds to her in condescending tones while they continue to follow her around. Then the husband drives up, sees the confrontation and loses it.

I don't agree that the guy deserved it. But I guess if you are going to continuously harass suspected criminals then it is only a matter of time before one of them kicks your butt. He's probably lucky the guy didn't have a gun.

The punch did look kind of funny. But it was effective...his face was pretty bloody.

What would be interesting would be if the guy turned out to be innocent. Then you would have basically had this innocent guy walking around being harassed and stalked by this investigative reporter.

Oh well, the reporter probably loves the attention he's getting.

[techfreak]

Wow I did not realize the reporter was harassing them like that. He should have gotten his story then left. But that guy should not have snapped, and his wife could have called the police and reported the harassment too.