There's a video on the website:
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http://gothamist.com/2011/11/16/police_search_for_men_in_beating_of.php[/video]
The NYPD is looking for three men seen in a video beating up a man who scolded them for spitting on the L train. The video, below, was originally posted on World Star Hiphop, an Internet cesspool that's cashed in big on senseless fight videos. The site's popularity has created a sort of voyeuristic feedback loop, in which disassociated bystanders immediately videotape violent incidents and act as if they're already watching a video on the Internet. This particular video serves as a perfect example of how violence becomes instant entertainment these days: as the young man is getting brutally beaten, the woman recording the fight is heard gloating "World Star, baby!" at the 50 second mark:
I wish we could just send them all back to Africa.
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Walk away, you cunts
Even i would have swung at him, although probably not with the aide of my four friends or as brutally.