Gritty Accused of Punching 13 Year Old (UPD: No Criminal Charges to be Pursued)

[57special]

Simply adds to the legend.

 

[Kuznetsnow]

I'd have done the same thing tbqh

 

[xECK29x]

Kid: [EXISTS]

Gritty:

 

[Hasbro]

Even Gritty can't stand Flyers' fans.

 

[crowi]

"Punch in the back"... so a tap on the back? Philly should imo pay 50 million to this man right now.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Good. I have a 13 year old and I wish I could “punch” him all the time.

Does he have Crosby posters on his wall or something?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Sometimes I forget Gritty is just a person in a costume

I think the media does, too. It's hilarious how every headline makes it sound like "Gritty" is actually a living being who can be charged, and it's not a guy in a suit who has a real name that would be charged.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

What's this guy doing? Now he can't attend Flyers games anymore. Because next time Gritty will punch him AND his son. No witnesses.

 

[Tofveve]

"That could really hurt him in the polls, Bob. What's next, punching a baby or a puppy?"

 

[Flyrs21]

If Gritty punched my 13 year old son, Gritty would of been force fed his own eyeballs

 

[TOGuy14]

Philadelphia Police: Gritty under investigation - TSN.ca

Supposedly punched a child in the back of the head.

This is why the world can't have fun things.

 

[3074326]

Gritty taking the heat off Voracek

 

[AvsFan29]

If Gritty can’t hit children, then what are we even doing here?

 

[Iapyi]

Potentially a helicopter parent looking to cash in.

 

[The Macho King]

 

[TheGoldenGod]

Original thread should've been protected. Not destroyed.

 

[MsMeow]

I told a friend I thought it was a Penguins fan infiltrating the organization!

 

[RempireStateBuilding]

Witness picture of the incident:

 

[member 298589]

#MeToo

 

[King'sPawn]

I'm convinced anything involving Gritty is either a parody or publicity stunt.

And no, I'm not saying it in a bemoaning/complaining way. Just that until there's actually a new mascot, I'll see it all as some kind of stunt.

 

[InfinityIggy]

The picture in question:

Article

 

[Conbon]

Bet the kid deserved it, 13 year old boys are little shit heads. Also he sure is living up to his name, Gritty's grit/60 is off the charts.

 

[kingsholygrail]

Gritty has that muppet strength. Maybe he did do damage.

 

[WarriorOfGandhi]

Boomers: The NHL is too soft!
Gritty: Hold my court summons

 

[RageQuit77]

Just organize a retaliatory 'Hit the Gritty night for kids', get enough resilient gritty, and let kids to mob him... but remember that there was a time when violently abused circus elephants who got tired to their "care takers" and trainers were routinely hanged when the elephant's tolerance meter went onto a red...

People mobbed then, people mobs now. For the justice as it is said. A posse is never happy.