74-year-old Woman Sucker Punched in NYC

Civilization was nice while it lasted. Woman, 74, punched in unprovoked daylight attack in NYC: video

Why punch a 74-year-old? Because you can be sure they won't punch back.

Disturbing new video shows a woman slugging an elderly lady in the face in an unprovoked broad-daylight attack in Midtown this week.

The 74-year-old victim was walking on Madison Avenue near East 52nd Street around 11 a.m. Wednesday when the stranger punched her in the side of the face without saying a word, according to cops and the video.

The picture they have is not too good. All those security cameras in NYC are apparently really potatoes from 2003. But even if they ID and arrest her, what would happen? She won't be held. She might not be prosecuted. Because keeping violent offenders in jail would be unfair.

"Unprovoked" is the word they used. Could it be a hate crime? We won't know from the media, because they won't mention race - unless a white cop shoots a black person, of course.

And this is not an isolated incident. Brazen ‘knockout game’ back in NYC, expert warns.

Four recent, unprovoked sucker-punch attacks across New York City — the latest on a 74-year-old woman — have signaled the return of the insidious “game,” a sicko street challenge where thugs attempt to render an unsuspecting innocent unconscious with a single blow, a law enforcement expert told The Post.

“Knock-out games are back. The attack on New Yorkers is very real. We have to keep our heads on a swivel,” said Michael Alcazar, a retired NYPD detective and an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Civilization is built on security. And for security. In the absence of Justice, security is breaking down in the cities. As is civilization.

Consider what would happen to any of these thugs (as he retired detective calls them) if they were caught. They would be released on their own recognizance to continue the "game."