# origin of the 'punching' video **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 27, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405 "2006-04-27T02:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/1 "2006-04-27T02:33:16Z")
I did a search and couldn’t find anything on this video here or through google. Just a lot of people guessing what was going on. You’ve probably seen the clip by now: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6640225987281635407](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6640225987281635407) Now my question is, does anyone know the story behind this video? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/2 "2006-04-27T03:45:02Z")
I don’t know, but I’m in pain just watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/3 "2006-04-27T03:46:25Z")
Brutal! It sounds like the old lady is saying “She is utter trash”, and the lady that got punched is saying “…smoking marijuana together. Teri had THC in her system…”, Then WHAM. I guess mom doesn’t like anyone accusing her precious daughter of smoking pot. Other than that, I can’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/4 "2006-04-27T04:43:04Z")
Just another parent-teacher conference. “Your daughter is not doing well” Parent: “Fuck you!” [hit] You’d be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/5 "2006-04-27T05:07:30Z")
I don’t know the story, but it looked to me like that kid needed the sock in her mouth. Did you see her face, snide, smartass little brat! IMHO anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/6 "2006-04-27T05:13:05Z")
Yowza. I bet the puncher had to go to the hospital, from the way the punch was thrown. It looks like it hit in the mouth, which would probably leave teeth marks on her knuckles, and the angle of the punch looks like it would probably have fractured some of her wrist bones. Just seeing the punch out of context, I can’t really make any judgements. For all we know the woman could have been calling the girl a no good heathen crack whore just prior to that. Still… ouch. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/7 "2006-04-27T05:30:49Z")
I know nothing about the video but it was kinda funny in a “I shouldn’t laugh at that” way. It almost seemed like someone edited the punching sound effect, as it didn’t look like the old lady hit very hard, and the hitee looked more surprised than hurt. The “punch” sounded like a movie-style punch. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/8 "2006-04-27T11:57:33Z")
I have no sound card on this computer. It looked like the ounch wasn’t really very hard at all. That does not excuse the woman, but it doesn’t look like there were any injuries. What was she saying? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/9 "2006-04-27T12:14:14Z")
I don’t think that lady will have any problems filing assault charges. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/10 "2006-04-27T14:08:30Z")
I dunno. If you look at the hittee in the last scene, it looks like she might have taken some damage to her nose. I’d’ve called the cops and had the hitter arrested for assault. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/11 "2006-04-27T14:29:39Z")
[QUOTE=Archergal] I dunno. If you look at the hittee in the last scene, it looks like she might have taken some damage to her nose. I’d’ve called the cops and had the hitter arrested for assault. [/QUOTE] That’s what I meant. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/12 "2006-04-27T14:59:17Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] That’s what I meant. [/QUOTE] And I was agreeing with you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/13 "2006-04-27T15:02:31Z")
[QUOTE=Archergal] And I was agreeing with you. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I guess the “I dunno” fooled me. Never mind me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/14 "2006-04-27T15:42:57Z")
[QUOTE=Electronic Chaos] Yowza. I bet the puncher had to go to the hospital, from the way the punch was thrown. It looks like it hit in the mouth, which would probably leave teeth marks on her knuckles, and the angle of the punch looks like it would probably have fractured some of her wrist bones. [/QUOTE] I noticed, too, that the hittee ought to be gladd that the hitter used the classic “hit like a girl” punch: Thrown from the forearm with the wrist bent. Hey, you gotta put some shoulder into it. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/15 "2006-04-27T16:59:38Z")
According to the deviants over at BAMF, the story is that a girl got busted with weed, and the woman was saying that the girl (her daughter) deseved it. Then the girls mom, responded in an attentive and correct manner. (not really. Trash breeds trash, it seems) ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/16 "2006-04-28T02:54:10Z")
It looks to me that the grey-haired older woman says “She’s drunk” to the person next to the camera in the beginning of the video. Don’t know if that means anything because I can’t make out any other words. ---
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/17 "2006-04-28T03:53:20Z")
the gray haired lady says “she is trash” and tristan, are you sure they have knowledge of the origins of the video? because all I’ve heard are guesses as to whats going on. nothing factual. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/18 "2006-04-28T05:01:32Z")
[Most elaborate reply found so far](http://www.fazed.net/view/?id=10298&last) > [@](#): > > I remember this from a real crime show–whether A&E, Court TV or Discovery, couldn’t tell you. The name was Teri (some version of it) and it is filmed in a courthouse at some point in a murder trial. The woman punched is a relative of the defendant, and she is saying that the murdered girl was not so innocent as she has been portrayed. Basically, saying because she had been smoking weed she was a somehow “deserving” victim . ---
**Author:** ![remisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/19 "2006-04-28T05:08:53Z")
That story sounds like it would explain why the grey haired lady (the one on the left) is saying “she is trash” and seemed to be indicating the woman with the dark hair talking and not the young girl (who for some reason people thought the grey haired lady was talking about but she was clearly indicating with her hand the woman talking about thc) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405/20 "2006-04-28T06:40:47Z")
I like watching the facial expressing of the woman throwing the punch. She lookes a little suprised that her punch didn’t knock out the woman. Then she realizes that she hit someone, while on camera, and she quietly flees. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-the-punching-video/354405.md?page=2)