Yeah...that's just completely wrong. If the law was black and white, we wouldn't have trial by jury.

The Walmart probably has a tape of it and it should be handed over to authorities. All you have to do is file a compliant and have the detective assigned to the case go to the Walmart and have a look through the surveillance tapes. If they'd do it for a box stolen from the back of my car, they'll do it for a kid getting smacked around.

While slugging him might have felt good, it won't stop him from doing it again. Get that kid some support!

CAn I hear the WHOLE story from ya???


The reason I ask is because LIFE is funny that way..

WHOEVER you walked up and punched, COULD,,,and WOULD press chares on you for THAT assault. End of story.
He could NOT have been arrested for smacking ANYONE w/o THEM pressing charges?

And if YOU were the only witness to HIS ACT, then YOU might be ask if YOU wanted to MAKE a statement for a later act by you or them to CFS. And they would have the legal ability to arrest him for a smack to his boy even if the boy was'nt his?

This SOUNDS like a good story,,and IT makes YOU look like ya done THE RIGHT THING,,,but im still trying to feel like I was there to see and feel the whole event.
But lots of PIECES missing here????

I myself as a woman would never hit anyone..but I have voiced my opinion and have made a scene when I see this.

i agree, completely.

you put yourself on the guy's level when you hit him...all you did was teach that kiddo that it IS okay to hit others.

stop the abuse, call the police...but don't punch him out.

if you were in MY wal-mart, chances are we'd've had you arrested.

I imagine you were just so taken aback by what you saw that you reacted from the heart. It's hard to THINK when you are in a fight or flight situation. I hope nothing bad comes of it as you did assault him, but in protection of a minor, so you may be let off the hook. It's up there with the question someone had on here the other day... If you saw a man with a knife trying to mug someone, would you get into the melee to help? We often don't know how we will respond when something like that comes to us out of the blue. So, you did what you did, and hopefully, if something like that happens again, you will already have the experience to know how to handle it in a more appropriate manner. And, sometimes, hate to say it, some people deserve to get decked, Orange Cat.

I once had a guy try to snatch my daughter out of my ex wifes arms when she was 6 months old.

I beat the guy to a pulp and let him lay in the parking lot. Sorry, violence does come in to play sometimes...

I have no remorse to that, None...He is lucky I didnt kill him

again the kid did not see what happened

I say f**kin if they can't take a joke,,, I don't like child abuse and have been in jail for stopping it,,,, But like you I went alittle to far,,,,

think u jim,u think like I do


it may be wrong in a lot of eyes but its not in mine

Exactly;Thx!dear

He deserved it... But combating violence with violence probably isn't the best mix; for the child. A child should not be abused, there is a huge difference between a smack and a spanking so on principle .

I couldn't agree more Jim...
I would have beat him until he stopped twitching or the po'lice showed up...and I wouldn't have cared which.

Discipline shouldnt involve hitting in any way, shape, or form..Including Mental Abuse

THank you sir!

I acutally blacked out because of my rage. We were in a Target parking lot and they had video and the whole thing was on tape...

When the medics got their at first they thought he was dead. Honestly? I was hoping he was...Those are the kind of people that should be wiped from society

in my head is was the right thing to do,by the law it was the wrong thing to do,many think I was in the wrong ,many would do the same thing as I did,many would just walk on by and let the child get his azz kicked.

so there are so many didnt views on this and I thank u all


for reading and posting

I support you fully OC

Hopefully he will think next time before trying that again

Some think it's okay to hit a small child when they are wrong

But it's not okay to hit an adult when they are wrong?

Thats BS...he deserved it 150%

yes u are so so right there

doing this is why so many do not listen,so many act bad and dont listen

i just dont believe you had the right to take the law into your hands.although i understand what you did.i hope this kid gets help

thank u jim

its never ok to hit a child no matter what they have done,it only makes things worse