No just imagine this situation if everyone minded thier own business

That poor man didn’t stand a chance! I’m 40, if I found myself surrounded by 13 drunk teen bullies, calling me the most vile names & making disgusting accusations, and then I get repeatedly assaulted, pushed down into the water, scared of drowning, I would only pray that I had some kind of weapon to defend myself. At that point, I’d be fighting for my life!

I don’t like the fact that people are defending these kids. The guy was surrounded by a mob. Put yourself in his shoes. Will you let yourself be attacked by 13 people? Heck no, it’s fight to survive at that point.

This comment is to anybody with children. RAISE YOUR KIDS TO BE RESPECTFUL. Bullies always at some point get what's coming to them. Don't be the parent of a kid you either had to bury or visit during an extensive stay in ICU because you failed as a parent by not raising your kid properly. This incident is a result of extreme disrespect from kids to an elderly man who bothered nobody.

Do NOT mess with ppl you don't know

Everyone is a victiim now. 5 min before they were bullies. You cant attact people and harrass them, then gang up on them amd expect nothing to happen

This is totally one of those moments where you look back at in ten years an all those "friends" who had your back are nowhere to be found shame

Hearing those kids laughing hysterically when he was down in the water was disgusting. More and more kids today have no empathy which is really scary.

I am a Veteran nurse of 24 years. I worked Medevac for many years and I still will never get used to seeing this kind of trauma. We work in auto pilot mode, disassociate and simply delete the incident out of our brains otherwise you will go mad.

From Bullies to victims! Not guilty, self defense! He should sue them all for his legal fees

would the stabbing have happened if they were not menacing Nicolae Miu

They realized that day that life is not a tiktok video

That provided literally NOTHING.

You can’t jump an old man then cry when he defends himself

What's difficult is them harassing an innocent man trying to find his phone. Disgusting and these kids 100% caused this tragedy

Speechless to see the disgusting behavior of those kids.

Don't be hateful towards others. Treat others with respect. Walk away from hateful people.

F around and find out kids

This is why it's very important to live in a state that allows you to defend yourself.

I hope they all learned to be polite and respectful toward strangers.

Serious question. Is that really OK for the jurors to look away? I mean, wouldn’t it be really important for them to watch this? Just asking the legal stance of the statement that was made to the jury before the evidence was shown

Why were these men calling this guy a pedophile and bothering him? Then a bunch of other people start coming over? 1 guy surrounded, do you think you can turn your back and walk away safely from a growing crowd of people calling you a pedo?

Bully kids treating older people like trash.... Karma hard wisdom

Next time keep your hands to yourself

Every single person in this case was in the wrong. What happened to walking away?

This was ten minutes long, and as far as I can see there are only two cops, and there is no control of anything in this video. Also, this video shows nothing disturbing, not sure why the judge would say that to the jury.

Maybe not put hands on someone and u won’t get stabbed

They forgot to mention how they attacked the old man and he defended him self

The fact that AJ survived this will always amaze me. He didn't just sustain an injury that technically should have been fatal, but it also took the first responders awhile to get to him. (Understandably. He was in a freakin' river. He wasn't easily accessible.) It must have felt like forever. Bless everyone who helped him. They saved his life.

*The judge was wrong to ok the jury "looking away".* The jury is REQUIRED to observe all evidence, and the judge shouldn't be adding commentary to the video they are about to see.

This Prosection was an absolute disgrace and embarrasment. Further displays how far apart "justice" is between one state and another. Great example at the expense of the "actual victim", what happens when young adults cross alcohol,weed and social media with what should have been a pretty benign day on the river. By the way, WTH is "Russian" looking as a description?

I’m 53. I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s. Even as teenagers, when children tend to be more rebellious and run their mouth off foolishly, we respected our elders. Back then, teachers might have had a disrespectful student here and there, but for the most part, their students were respectful and followed the teacher’s instructions. If we hadn’t been respectful, and done as we were told, our parents would have been notified, and back then, kids KNEW what that meant. We were more concerned about the punishment from our parents than we were from any other authority figure. As a result, we didn’t have a large part of the youth in society acting like a bunch of hoodlums. We didn’t have school sh**tings, we didn’t have cops patrolling the school every day, we could go hang out with our friends at the mall without worrying about a bunch of kids getting into a fight, and one of them pulling out a g*n and firing. All of these things began in the 90’s, when the campaign against a parent’s right to discipline their child resulted in many parents being fearful of doing so. There was a lot of promotion of techniques like “time out” for parents disciplining their children. The problem is, children are individuals, and a specific technique for disciplining them is not going to work for all of them. When I did something really bad, something that would get progressively worse and be repeated if I didn’t suffer harsh enough consequences to make me not want to do that again, I got my tail whooped. If I did it again, I got my tail tore up again. Spanking your child’s butt for something they did wrong, to cause them to pause and think before doing it again, is NOT the same as parents who beat on their children for no purpose, who are intentionally trying to inflict bodily harm on them. Spanking isn’t going to work on teenagers, BUT, if you have been disciplining your children from the start, your children will already know the difference between right and wrong when they’re teenagers, and they are not going to be as likely to do things they know will result in negative consequences. Even for the most hardheaded of children, if they have a severe negative consequence for something bad they did, it will eventually kick in that if they stop doing that bad thing, so will the consequences of doing it vanish. When I disobeyed my parents without any real consequences, I would usually do it again. This is just human nature. It’s within our very nature to be rebellious. Also in the 90’s, a lot of parents stopped parenting altogether, choosing to let technology raise their children instead. The result of all of that is the surge today in children who are committing more crimes, who have no respect for ANY authority whatsoever, and who have this narcissistic sense of self-entitlement that makes them think they can do whatever they want, to whoever they want, and nobody is going to stop them, or hold them accountable. Another factor in this whole scenario is the lack of a dad in many American homes. There used to be no phrase that struck fear in the heart of a child who had been caught doing something wrong than, “You just wait until your daddy gets home and finds out what you did”. If I was misbehaving, my parents could stop me in my tracks with just a look. That is a well disciplined child, when they can be corrected with just a look from their parents. The society we see today, with its rising numbers of juveniles being disrespectful and committing more and more offenses, is a direct result of the destruction of the nuclear family, the lack of parents disciplining their children and teaching them right from wrong, and the heavy influence of social media on young people. This incident would have never happened if these teenagers had been taught not to be disrespectful to their elders, and if they hadn’t been initially instigating a confrontation with the defendant so they could post it to social media for “clout”, hoping it would go viral. It went viral alright, just not in the way those teenagers imagined. Back in my day, if we saw an older man looking for something, we would have offered to help him, not start bullying him and calling him a r*pist. That’s a horrible accusation to make against someone you don’t know.

The amount of people not understanding that the cops can’t expedite the arrival of the medical helicopter is surprising. The cops aren’t lazy or slow moving they literally can not do anything about the victims wounds. That is the job of the arriving paramedics.

Crazy how the kid that started all of this didnt get stabbed,i wonder how they act alone with each other knowing that they truly started this and wanted to bully an old guy

that poor man is scarred for the rest of his life. a shame.

There's always consequences for your action.

nothing is so disturbing is showed so the jury can look away?

I dont see anything graphic

I will never understand why this prosecuted. Everyone played their own dumb parts but these kids were the aggressors

Self defense is a bitch right! I feel horrible for the parents period! And the Man they bullied. SELF DEFENSE PERIOD

The girl talking to AJ through the whole thing, was absolutely amazing and so calm. I would’ve been hysterical in that situation. Bless her and AJs heart

For everyone complaining about the lady yelling.. 😂 I partially agree but I watched the victim’s testimony. Turns out when you’re dying you start to lose the senses you don’t need, i.e. hearing. He said he’d been close to death before & the same thing happened. This likely explains why she was yelling at him loudly. He couldn’t hear them well if at all. I’m sure it was also hard for him to go unconscious if he was hearing it at all 😅🥴

How can people go to a river and have things go so terrible?

You can hear the officer's heart beating on the video. Gosh, this is crazy. What would we do without our first responders?

this is why bullying and taunting is bad. mean kids found out.

What a joke of a justice system. This man shouldn’t see a day in a cell. So it’s against the law to defend yourself??? 🤡 🌎

Bless the heart of the sweet girl talking to AJ and keeping him awake and encouraging him. That's so awesome of her.

Play stupid games....

Selfdefense is a human right

0 sympathy

many people believe AJ should be on trial.

Not too Graphic. The wound is covered up. Officer tells other officer " kids guts hanging out...." But not visible to viewers. Mostly trying to keep AJ calm, distracted and talking. Lady did great job. Can hear APB BOLO on officers radios. Thats about it. Glad AJ is ok. RIP ISAAC❤

He shouldn't have pummeled and jumped on top of a man forcing him to defend himself

Just because his methods of defense were brutal doesn’t mean they weren’t justified!

They went from taunting and laughing at the man, to screaming and crying. Effed around and found out. Let this be a lesson.

they need to arrest "Maddie".

They cornered and attacked him, what was he supposed to do?

Thank you for showing this important part of the trial.

What is “Russian looking” how does one look Russian? Was he wearing a ushanka in the water?!!! Or a Cossack??

Why is this video being shown in court? It has nothing to show about the actual fight, only the aftermath. Proves nothing.

People think it's OK to bully someone as long as they're right. Don't you understand that all bullies think they're right?

Ganging up on an old man can be hazardous to your health.

A knife is a DEFENSE weapon. You don't get hit unless you charge.

Hope those bully kids will learn a valuable lesson and never mess around with people again. Be kind to others and you will never get what you got

Imagine telling the lady trying to save your life you're annoying..

This nurse on the scene is an absolute angel. This woman took over like a warrior queen!!! What a tragic situation all around. Such a sad day. And people need to show her some respect!!! I don't care wht you think you would do. Until you are in this exact situation without support of colleagues or medics you better just stay humble and show respect. She was the only person I heard with any sense until the police officers arrived.

This has me shaking. I cannot imagine what the survivors and witnesses are through, mentally, physically and emotionally to this day. AJ living is a miracle. The girl keeping him awake, she did an incredible job. 🙏🏻

Can't imagine your last moments having to listen to that girl

If she's a nurse, she's doing a horrible job at keeping everyone calm. You don't have to bust an ear drum to keep someone awake.

The girl who was helping AJ was absolutely amazing. She did everything to help him stay calm.

the girl working with Aj was pretty incredible. and his friend that got stabbed and was still helping him

I'm baffled at how there is no ambulance there. What's the point of police if they're just standing there assessing for 15 minutes?

They shouldn't have harassed him. I would have felt threatened. 🤷🏻

And blood is thinner when your drunk

Bet that's the last time those Punks will pick on somebody.

I just watched the entire video of the incident. These young men surrounded the older man yelling,taunting and screaming at him. They shoved him, put his head in the water and continued to harrasa him. That video is quite disturbing what they were doing to him. Terrible all the way around.

they disrespect him and bullies, so what do you think is gonna happen, dont mess with the people you dont know

These teens were absolutely harassing this guy and slapping him around just because he wanted to be there. Shit happens!

The man was being harassed and taunted by a group of people ! I don't blame him at all . All he was doing was protecting himself AFTER he was pushed down in the water

so. the moment he pulled out the knife he had already been pushed to the water and then slapped. what would’ve happened if he never pulled the knife out? would they have drowned him? how was it going to end? imagine how different things would’ve turned out if they’d just help him look for the cell phone instead of bullying him. those kids should’ve been charged w something too.

This is the kind of situation where a good old roll of duct tape comes in handy.

Those kids destroyed alot of lives that day.

If you keep tormenting a bee you're going to get stung

Self defense. He was assaulted repeatedly and pushed down by a mpb

Wouldn't someone who stabbed people in "self defense" stick around, talk to the police, call the police, cooperate, not lie to the police ----I mean, if I incapacitated someone who had attacked me, I would call the popo immediately. I wouldn't walk away and enjoy the afternoon with friends.

It must have seemed like an ETERNITY to him/them for the paramedics to take him to the hospital. This video is difficult to watch 😢.

Best believe if I was surrounded by a bunch of high and drunk teens, I would do everything in my power to protect myself.

Kids are the agressers in the beginning, now they act like the victims.they acted badass when they all were beating on him.

Can’t imagine being the first responders that day to see this.

Dude the pain this child felt with his guts hanging out just had to of been frightening for him! I bet he thought he was going to die fr

Those “kids” are old enough to go off and fight in war. They started the it and escalated it. They should know that real life has real consequences. This is a classic case of fuck around and find out.

Cover up the camera why don’t you 🙄

I got poison ivy just watching that video lol.

They took fooooreeever to take this man to the hospital…poor guy!

Stupid actions escalate quickly

These idiot bully kids attacked him He had to defend himself, why didn’t these so called adults tell these bullies to stop. Play stupid games

If God forbid something like this ever happens to me I hope someone is there to hold my hand, keep me awake and alert and just be an awesome human. That was a very selfless act on that sweet girls part. God bless her and I'm so happy to find out that AJ survived. Tough kid, damn.

Bullies always play the victim when faced with consequences of their actions. I wonder who these kid's parents are vs. this 'russian guy' who obviously got screwed by our mockery of a justice system

Sometimes you just can't go messing with people leave peoples alone

He should not be facing one criminal charge for defending himself against these animals !!! 🤔