... so I ran/hobbled (due to a sprained ankle) over to intervene.
He was moderately big fella (slightly bigger than me but not much) and turned his rage on me and as we exchanged pleasantries I was blindsided by one of his friends whom I had not noticed and got kicked in the head a couple of times before I got back up. By then some of my friends had got there and they resorted to shouting abuse before walking away (apparently, beating up a defenceless, hysterical 8 stone girl and hitting a middle aged father of two in the back of the head requires a different sort of courage to fighting 3 adult males who are prepared to fight back).
I cannot help being a little disappointed at how many people just seemed to be standing there doing nothing. A guy even came over to shake my hand and tell me how much he admired me after they had gone. I smiled and thanked him and privately thought "Where were you when I was on the floor being kicked by those two guys?".
Obviously, not everyone is quite as stupid as I am to actually physically intervene but they could at least shout, claim they were calling the police etc. Anything to distract the chav from using her as a punch bag whilst holding her throat.
He was moderately big fella (slightly bigger than me but not much) and turned his rage on me and as we exchanged pleasantries I was blindsided by one of his friends whom I had not noticed and got kicked in the head a couple of times before I got back up. By then some of my friends had got there and they resorted to shouting abuse before walking away (apparently, beating up a defenceless, hysterical 8 stone girl and hitting a middle aged father of two in the back of the head requires a different sort of courage to fighting 3 adult males who are prepared to fight back).
I cannot help being a little disappointed at how many people just seemed to be standing there doing nothing. A guy even came over to shake my hand and tell me how much he admired me after they had gone. I smiled and thanked him and privately thought "Where were you when I was on the floor being kicked by those two guys?".
Obviously, not everyone is quite as stupid as I am to actually physically intervene but they could at least shout, claim they were calling the police etc. Anything to distract the chav from using her as a punch bag whilst holding her throat.
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