WNYC Brian Lehrer Show - The Knockout Game

"The Knockout Game"

Victim lies unconscious on street as youth
who punched her in the head from behind flees the scene.

Jeffrey Butts, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

"The Knockout Game" is a phenomenon where teens assault strangers by trying to knock them out with one punch. Is this a new trend? Is the media making it worse? Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY assesses the patterns behind this story and how it's being addressed by the media in an interview with Brian Lehrer on WNYC.

Danny Ruscillo

Danny Ruscillo, President of the 100th Precinct Community Council, spoke with Brian Lehrer regarding this issue and can be heard at the 9:38 time mark of the below embedded audio file of the interview.