'Point 'em out, knock 'em out' game played in Kroger attack
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -
According to a witness, point 'em out, knock 'em out is the so-called "game" behind the infamous Kroger parking lot attack. WMC Action News 5 found another teen who's participated in the past.
"I'm not even going to lie, yeah, when I was younger," said the 11th grader, who we agreed not to identify.
She said that "point 'em out, knock 'em out" is exactly what it sounds like.
"When you're with a group of people, you point somebody out, and then somebody runs and punches them until they fall," said the teen.
It's apparently what prompted the violent September attack outside the Poplar Plaza Kroger during which several innocent bystanders were injured. Nineteen-year-old Raheem Richardson is among a number of suspects.
A 17-year-old witness testified during Richardson's preliminary hearing Monday that someone yelled "point 'em out, knock 'em out" before the teen mob's relentlessly, unrestrained actions that night.
"It's going to provoke somebody to hurt someone's child," said one victim of a similar, yet unrelated, attack following a football game at Crump Stadium.
Memphis police say they are aware of "point 'em out, knock 'em out," and the so-called "knockout game," which has been blamed for fatal attacks on unsuspecting victims elsewhere. It's something that finally gives pause to the one-time teen participant we interviewed.
"Grow up," she said when asked about her advice to other teens who may want to play the game.
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