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Teens fighting in video on web
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| The video was called Karl vs Dan |
NEWS Shopper has uncovered a video of what appears to be organised fighting among youngsters.
A video clip on a popular file sharing website showed what are believed to be teenagers punching and kicking each other in the back garden of a house in Beckenham.
The video, which had been viewed 1,751 times, was called "Karl vs Dan" and is reminiscent of the 1999 blockbuster movie Fight Club.
Its discovery coincides with the release of a report written by clinical psychologist and parenting guru Tanya Byron.
This recommends the Government should bring in laws to regulate sites that host harmful and inappropriate content on the internet.
The clip of the youths fighting in Beckenham is described on the website as "fight! blood! knockout!".
The video shows two boys wearing boxing gloves punching, kicking and rolling around on mattresses, while two others referee the fight.
It ends with a shot of one of the fighters with blood on his shirt and running from his nose.
Penge and Cator Councillor Peter Fookes called for better regulation of videos posted online.
He said: "Of course we don't want kids doing these kind of things.
"It's worrying because this video glamorises violence.
"I think it's clear YouTube need to look at ways of monitoring and regulating content."
A Bromley police spokesman said: "This online footage - indeed any footage showing young people being goaded into fighting - adds up to nothing more than nasty, vicious bullying.
"Bromley police take any situation where people are subjected to violence very seriously.
"However, these videos do not reflect how normal people conduct themselves and it never ceases to amaze how a small minority of people are willing to hold themselves up for ridicule in this fashion, believing that others have the slightest interest in their inane stunts."
A spokesman for YouTube, the site where the video was found, said: "YouTube is a community site used by millions of people in very positive ways.
"Sadly as with any form of communication, there is a tiny minority of people who try to break the rules.
"On YouTube, these rules prohibit content like pornography or gratuitous violence.
"When people see content that they think is inappropriate they can flag it and our staff then review it.
"If the content breaks our terms then we remove it and if a user repeatedly breaks the rules we disable their account.
"If the police ask us for information, we will co-operate, so long as they follow the correct legal process that the government introduced."
Do you think content on websites such as YouTube needs to be regulated better? Have your say below.4:35pm Friday 28th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Steve, Kent on 9:21am Sat 29 Mar 08
Not at all sensationalistic News Shopper! They were boxing, with gloves, on a mattress in their back garden! It's what we used to do as kids. I guess their "crime" is uploading it onto YouTube, where innocent people can stumble across this "horror" and be scarred for life. If your reporters are going to jump on yet another bandwagon, at least have something with substance. Shoddy journalism, but I guess that's why you only work for a local free paper.
Not at all sensationalistic News Shopper! They were boxing, with gloves, on a mattress in their back garden! It's what we used to do as kids. I guess their "crime" is uploading it onto YouTube, where innocent people can stumble across this "horror" and be scarred for life. If your reporters are going to jump on yet another bandwagon, at least have something with substance. Shoddy journalism, but I guess that's why you only work for a local free paper.
Posted by: cj on 11:41am Sat 29 Mar 08
There can't be many boys who haven't had a laugh doing a few rounds with gloves on and messing about in their back garden.
It's not like they are third world immigrant gang members stabbing and shooting people out on the streets.
What next kids being called vandals for throwing sticks at Aesculus hippocastanum trees ?.
[quote]clinical psychologist and parenting guru Tanya Byron.
recommends the Government should bring in laws to regulate sites that host harmful and inappropriate content on the internet.[/quote]More rubbish from someone who can't get a real job , if you want a censored internet then move to somewhere like China.
[quote]"It's worrying because this video glamorises violence"[/quote]So do cartoons , chav soap tv and lots of films.
There can't be many boys who haven't had a laugh doing a few rounds with gloves on and messing about in their back garden.
It's not like they are third world immigrant gang members stabbing and shooting people out on the streets.
What next kids being called vandals for throwing sticks at Aesculus hippocastanum trees ?.
clinical psychologist and parenting guru Tanya Byron.
recommends the Government should bring in laws to regulate sites that host harmful and inappropriate content on the internet.
More rubbish from someone who can't get a real job , if you want a censored internet then move to somewhere like China.
"It's worrying because this video glamorises violence"
So do cartoons , chav soap tv and lots of films.
Posted by: GG, Kent on 12:25pm Sat 29 Mar 08
In my father's day this was the way gentlemen settled disputes. If two youngster had bad blood between them then a bout in the sparring ring was a sure cure and they always shook hands afterwards. The referee is there to make sure they stick to the rules. Todays youth tend to gang up 5 on 1 all rules barred! Good is bad and bad is good these days.
In my father's day this was the way gentlemen settled disputes. If two youngster had bad blood between them then a bout in the sparring ring was a sure cure and they always shook hands afterwards. The referee is there to make sure they stick to the rules. Todays youth tend to gang up 5 on 1 all rules barred! Good is bad and bad is good these days.
Posted by: Sam, bromley on 12:29pm Sat 29 Mar 08
I agree. Is this actually a story? I’ve just watched the clip and to be honest you see worse things on Harry Hill’s You’ve Been Framed. Get a life News Shopper!
I agree. Is this actually a story? I’ve just watched the clip and to be honest you see worse things on Harry Hill’s You’ve Been Framed. Get a life News Shopper!
Posted by: JG on 2:31pm Sat 29 Mar 08
What is the big fuss? If more teenagers donned gloves and got in the ring to settle their disputes instead of resorting to guns, knives and gang fights there would be 17 lives saved alone this year!
What is the big fuss? If more teenagers donned gloves and got in the ring to settle their disputes instead of resorting to guns, knives and gang fights there would be 17 lives saved alone this year!
Posted by: ........, ...... on 4:12pm Sat 29 Mar 08
makes a change from using weapons eh?
makes a change from using weapons eh?
Posted by: Christian Levaux, Petts Wood on 9:11am Sun 30 Mar 08
[quote]NEWS Shopper has uncovered a video of what appears to be organised fighting among youngsters.[/quote]. Typical, sloshed old journo - sitting in the office trawling the internet! Lay off the kids, who are simply having a laugh in their own place, harming no-one. Do a expose on the vicious old grannies fighting to get on the buses at any bus stop throughout the borough. These coffin dodgers are a menace, rude to everyone and much more violent and abhorrent than today's youth!
NEWS Shopper has uncovered a video of what appears to be organised fighting among youngsters.
. Typical, sloshed old journo - sitting in the office trawling the internet! Lay off the kids, who are simply having a laugh in their own place, harming no-one. Do a expose on the vicious old grannies fighting to get on the buses at any bus stop throughout the borough. These coffin dodgers are a menace, rude to everyone and much more violent and abhorrent than today's youth!
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