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Jim  1yr ago (twitter.com)   795 thread views

This happened 3 mins from me and I saw the aftermath.

I know this isn’t the normal content on here but this happened a stones throw away from where I live and i actually recognize a bunch of the crowd from the night this happened. I must have just missed it. Watch closely, you can see how everyone goes through the guys pockets when he’s down. That’s low.

https://twitter.com/tx_streetfights/status/1569200881593192448

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I think it is unclear to me why this is being posted here. It definitely needs a submission statement and I think it may just not be the right content; this smacks a lot of "look at this thing that happened", possibly associated with "look at how bad these people are being".

I'm afraid I'm removing it, though if you think this is a mistake, I encourage you to explain why!

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