Broke a mans nose today..

"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
05/06/2014 at 16:09 • Filed to: None

So, I was walking down a street in my home town today, when a man in his fifties started screaming stuff to a couple of young ladies (mid-twenties) and their kids (2-5 years old I guess), calling them fucking niggers and stuff like that. I told the man to shut the fuck up, he told me to stay out off it, and kept on shouting stuff like "fucking niggers, go back to where you come from you fucking niggers, nobody wants you fucking muslims here anyway".

Well, I told him once again to shut the fuck up and leave. And then he tries to punch me.. He barely hit my shoulder, then he grabs me and throws me into a wall, I fight back.. I mean, who would not? This goes back and forth for a minute or so I guess, before I give him a Glasgow kiss.. That ended the fight, no doubt about that, but now this guy is screaming for help, the cops arrive and the ladies he was screaming stuff at are no longer around. .. AND I may end up with a fine.

Yeah.. awesome..

I wish I had some music to share with you about equality and stuff, but the only song I can think of right now is this one..

DISCUSSION (35)

-Amateur > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:13

Evil succeeds when good men do nothing to stop it. You sir are a good man who did something...I tip my hat to you good sir!

505Turbeaux > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:14

god dammit. This happened to me in LA once when I was out on business. Knocked the dude right out and broke my hand. He was smacking his girl in a bar and I told him to get the fuck out of there. Oddly enough after I left and the cops came my co-worker told me noone saw what happened. Guy must have had it coming. Then I had to explain to my boss why I came back from a business trip with a broken hand...

Squid > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:14

No good deed goes unpunished. Sucks that you don't have anyone to corroborate your story and put it as self defense. Good on you for breaking that bigots nose though!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 16:17

Yeah it sucks, but there's just me against him, no witnesses. He said he wold press charges or whatever.. But I don't think it will happen.

505Turbeaux > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:18

dude you are the whitest looking person I know. What was he screaming that crazy shit about anyways? Good luck though, sucks YOU have to deal with it. Good on you for standing up for what you believe in

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Squid
05/06/2014 at 16:19

The funny thing is that I NEVER fight, at all. But I just can't let stuff like this go on. I never meant to break his nose either, I just tried to get him out off my face.. but yeah.. Fuck racists.

CalzoneGolem > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:20

You did the right thing. Please don't doubt that.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > 505Turbeaux
05/06/2014 at 16:21

He was screaming at the women on the other side of the street, they are from Somalia or something, I guess he's just a fucking racist. Thanks, I always stand up for what I think is right :)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > CalzoneGolem
05/06/2014 at 16:22

I don't doubt, but the thing is that I NEVER use violence, and I'm pretty much full of adrenaline now :P

Klaus Schmoll > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:23

I tried to calm down a pub fight about ten years ago only to get a corona bottle smacked at my head and across my face. Well, chicks dig scars. And there were enough witnesses around, some even willing to testify. Others were afraid of the guy. "Once he gets into full on Raging Bull mode he won't even recognize his own grandma."

Let's hope it goes well for you. And here's some music that might be appropriate or not.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Klaus Schmoll
05/06/2014 at 16:25

Hehe.. I love that song. You just made my day dude. Thanks.

Edit: An addendum is in order here; I didn't see that part about raging bull the first time. I'm pretty much that way, that's why I try to NEVER get in a fight, I usually just leave.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:25

Never say never. Glad you're okay, and that he got some instant karma.

Squid > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:28

Did the cops give you an option to press charges against him? Or was it the fact that he was a little bitch that got his nose broke and was crying and lying to the cops? I never fight as well, and the only times people have really tried to fight me they were shit bag skin heads. I now resort to antagonizing them when I see them stirring shit up because they really are scumbag low lifes.

ddavidn > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:29

Good work, vigilante. The world may never recognize your good deed, but I do.

CalzoneGolem > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:30

You clearly weren't the aggressor.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Squid
05/06/2014 at 16:31

I told them the whole story, and that IF he press charges against me I'll do the same. I guess my biggest problem is that I'm a short bloke, with no hair and large gauge piercings, and he was the only one that got hurt, so I might look like the instigator.

ttyymmnn > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:37

Kinja'd!!!

Paul Kersey approves. And so do I.

Edit: Also, "Glasgow kiss." I love it.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ttyymmnn
05/06/2014 at 16:42

Is there another name for it though? I've always called it a Glasgow kiss (well, when I speak/write English that is).. Oh wait.. Headbutt?

EL_ULY > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:43

Kinja'd!!!

dude fuck yeah!!!!! If you need money's i'll pitch in for sure!

ttyymmnn > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 16:43

Oh! You headbutted him. I thought you punched him. I'm even more impressed now!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > EL_ULY
05/06/2014 at 16:44

If there is a fine it will be pretty small, but thanks.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ttyymmnn
05/06/2014 at 16:47

Nah... A Glasgow kiss is the same as a headbutt (just found that out :P) And I had no choice really, he was holding my arms..

Garrett Davis > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 17:18

You did the right thing. How's your hand?

I had a somewhat similar experience about 3-4 years ago, though mine ended a bit worse, unfortunately. I was working IT for a restaurant company and was unloading some equipment out behind a mini mall to load into the back of the restaurant and install it. This guy comes out from one of the shops and starts asking for my name and that he's going to call the cops on me because he finally found the guy who had been dumping trash out back.

I try to convince him that I am not dumping trash, that I'm unloading computers to bring inside because it's my job. He tells me that the building is a restaurant and not a computer store, then keeps asking for my name. Then he starts poking me hard in the chest, and I push him away. That was all he needed to duck his head and start swinging wildly. He hits me hard on my ear before I can even react, and then misses and hits my collar bone. I grab his arm to stop him, and he starts kicking at my thigh for some reason. This leaves his face open, so I plant one right below his eye and then shove him to the ground as he stumbles back. Right then a few mexican guys who were actually taking out some trash ran over and get between us. I load up my car and take off immediately.

The problem is, I landed the punch wrong, and hit him with only my pinky and ring finger knuckles. This nearly shattered the metacarpals behind the knuckles (its called a boxer's fracture, I found out), and crushed much of the cartilage out of those two knuckles.

So now, years later, I have pretty nasty osteoarthritis in my right hand, making it hard for me to write anything longer than a paragraph or so, I was forced to quit playing guitar in my band because my hand would cramp up from playing, my hand gets stiff in the mornings and in cold weather, and my hand can lock up completely if I stress it too much or the wrong way, which is scary.

I know I didn't instigate the fight, but I wish I could somehow take it all back. I'm only 24 right now, I can only imagine what it will be like when I'm older. Fighting isn't worth it, kids. It was one thing getting into little fights in high school, but growed-up fighting turns out to be a whole different ball game. You have no idea what the other dude is capable of, or willing to do.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Garrett Davis
05/06/2014 at 17:23

My hands are good, I realise now that the term Glasgow kiss isn't common outside Europe. Glasgow kiss is not a punch, it means I headbutted him (yeah, not to proud about that, but he held both my arms and I was just trying to find my way out of his grip). And I totally agree, fighting is not worth it, I'm 33 and this was my first "real" fight, I've pretty much never landed a punch since close combat training in the army. I hope I never have to do it again.

Garrett Davis > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 17:39

Gotcha, yeah, definitely not a common term here. Never headbutted anyone. I'll have to try that one out the next time I'm dumping trash somewhere. ;)

ly2v8-Brian > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 18:03

Kinja'd!!!

But seriously good on ya. From your description I would've acted the same.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ly2v8-Brian
05/06/2014 at 18:12

Thanks mate, I really don't like violence, but I won't let shit like that go on. I HATE racism, sexism and stuff like that, it really rubs me the wrong way. We all live on the same planet, we're all humans.. so yeah.

ly2v8-Brian > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 19:04

This is true.

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 20:05

Profanity, aggressiveness and fear of Muslims… Sounds awfully familiar. By any chance was that chav an American tourist? We had customers like that here.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Supreme Kiwi Zorro
05/06/2014 at 20:10

Oh. HI SKZ :) Nah, this bugger is a resident in my town, I've seen him before.. I've told him off for yelling shit at gay people as well..

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 20:17

Oi. :) Oh, ah. Perhaps he's just very uneducated. I doubt you will get in trouble for out-bullying the bully.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Supreme Kiwi Zorro
05/06/2014 at 20:22

I doubt he'll even press charges, I think he just got butthurt about a "kid" smacking him down..

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 20:25

Hmm, I want him out of Norde. Please convince him to move to America. Florida to be specific. He'll fit right in there, haha.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Supreme Kiwi Zorro
05/06/2014 at 20:36

Norde? I guess you mean Norden (The Nordics) :) We've got tons of suckers like that here :( The government in Norway is part rightwing now.. They praise Isreal, and give shit about Palestine. They even refuse to meet Dalai Lama.

Supreme Kiwi Zorro > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
05/06/2014 at 20:46

Isn't Norde Norwegian for Norway?

It's becoming right wing? Oh no. Thanks Obama!