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US Marine beats the shit out of a taxi driver

The US Marine Behind This Brutal Attack On A Cab Driver Won't Be Charged With A Felony

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Island Taxi in Surf City, NC recently installed video cameras in all of their taxis for the safety of their drivers. Early Sunday morning, one caught a passenger, who happened to be a US Marine, beating his driver to a pulp.

And after all that, the Marine won't be charged with a felony.
The video shows cab driver Charles Hawkesworth Jr being attacked just after 1 AM Sunday morning by 30-year-old Gunnery Sgt. John Adam Kinosh for taking him to pick up another passenger.

The Island Taxi dispatcher explained the protocol to JDN News.

We were trying to turn a $25 fare into a $12 fare for him and he got all upset. From what I understand (the passenger) was pretty intoxicated.

Hawkesworth offered to just drive Kinosh home, but the marine tells him not to act tough, that Hawkesworth is trying to take his money, and he tries to take the keys. Hawkesworth says he's not trying to take anything from Kinosh, who then starts punching him. He then exits the car and returne to yell at Hawkesworth, but that video has not yet been released, reports JDN News.

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Hawkesworth suffered multiple fractures to his face and received about 15 stitches. He has been discharged from the hospital and is resting at home.

Gunnery Sgt. Kinosh checked himself into a psychiatric hospital. Island Taxi owner Rex Bowen asserts it is to avoid being served with his warrants for misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury, assault inflicting serious injury and communicating threats. Since Kinosh did not use any weapons, only his fists, he cannot be charged with felony-level offenses.

Bowen told WECT 6 News how the incident strikes him.

I've been in business here for five years and I've never had an incident like this. I started this business as a way to get people home safe. What happened is just senseless.

There is currently a "Help Charles Hawksworth" Facebook support page. He is an example of how difficult and dangerous working as a cab driver can be.

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man, a jalopnik link... I am always wary of any links going to this site now because of integra girl............sigh

but as for the video, skip to 2:57 for beating

fucked up i don't see how they can't lay charges

holy fuck...whata douche.

and why the fuck did the taxi driver make him sit in the front? if i was working the night shift i would lock the front passenger door so that no one enters.

Wow this marine asshat punches the taxi driver in the face around 10 times or so (probably with more force than an average person as well) and says he was assaulted by the taxi driver when he tried to get his fare which was probably a touch on the hand.

Really? Probably going to get just a slap on the wrist :seriously:

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Since Kinosh did not use any weapons, only his fists, he cannot be charged with felony-level offenses.

I think a US Marine has enough fist power to cause damage equally as a weapon would have had.

Just watched the video and wow... that guy has serious mental issues

That was hard to watch...then he makes him look for a hat, even though the driver's hat got punched off too.

roid munkey douche bag. send him to Afghanistan

From one of the comment, it appears the Marine is a MARSOC instructor.

United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Definitely not the guy I would want to piss off.

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Originally Posted by b0unce. [?] (Post 8028071)

Gunnery Sgt. Kinosh checked himself into a psychiatric hospital. Island Taxi owner Rex Bowen asserts it is to avoid being served with his warrants for misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury, assault inflicting serious injury and communicating threats. Since Kinosh did not use any weapons, only his fists, he cannot be charged with felony-level offenses.

Does no one else not see how obvious this is?!? How is this even allowed?!

WTF.. the marine didnt use any weapons so he cant be charged with felony... THE FUCKING MARINE IS THE WEAPON!

They are trained for hand-to-hand combat...

Cant the cabbie go after him with his own lawyer?

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Originally Posted by FerrariEnzo (Post 8028241)

well if that's what the law says then that's what it is. what he was trained in has no relation to the case. so you're saying if someone's a black belt in a martial art he should be charged more severely than a regular person?

video made me so angry :\

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Originally Posted by Shorn (Post 8028262)

Apparently that might be the case sometimes. I remember when Jason Miller was interviewed he got in to a fight when he was younger and was charged heavier because he is a professional MMA athlete. Something like in that state he is considered a dangerous weapon. This was before he was a famous MMA star

Yup. Another day in paradise.

You go after him on a felony charge because he was a trained marine, and his defense will be not criminally liable because his training caused long-term changes to his decision making abilities.

Throw in a little PTSD from multiple tours and a made up drinking problem and score! scott free! Maybe pepper in a little "gotta support the troops" patriotic propaganda in the media for good measure.

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Originally Posted by Razor Ramon HG (Post 8028154)

And what did the driver do to piss him of??

Mental illness /PTSD my ass
He was clear headed enough to accuse the driver of hitting him first so he could say he acted out of self-defence if the driver ever call the police
This guys is just a prime example of a violent scumbag

Seeing a guy like him serving in the marines actually makes me think all those afghanistan women and child massacre cases might be true :heckno:

The driver could go after him in a civil (tort) action... Numerous cases of police brutality ended up like this (no criminal offence charged, but civil action succeeded)...

Couldn't the taxi driver sue for damage?
I would do so! Like damage to the body, damage to emtions, sick days, medical bills and then sue the marine since I am scraf for live coz of this I can no longer do my job as a taxi driver and just sue the marine till he is bankrupt?

Thank you for your service. Without the marines we'd all be livin under nazi commie rule.

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lawl, he's a gunnery sgt too.. :suspicious:

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Originally Posted by Mr.HappySilp (Post 8028356)

Of course he can. But he might as well go for a bigger lawsuit and sue the Ministry of Defence! They have deeper pockets and are vicariously liable for the conduct of their personnel...

He could sue for medicals, loss of opportunity (to earn money), damages and so on... Just because criminal prosecution is not effective, it does not mean that the civil lawsuit is not either...

BUT, we will probably never hear about this case if it goes civil and it is highly likely that the parties will reach a settlement under the media radar (especially since Ministry of Defence is involved).

I guess you could say that the cab driver did not fare very well

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Originally Posted by AW607 (Post 8028461)

I guess you could say that the cab driver did not fare very well

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:seriously:

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i would never want to piss off a guy like him :heckno:

drunk + marine = :fuckthatshit:

lol @ you noobs thinking he wont get charged base on this ONE let me rephrase.... ONE article... gulible people over forums, of course he will get charged :lawl: