Street justice? Furious mother punches skater who accidentally knocks over her son while doing trick at park



A video of a furious mother punching a skater in the face after he knocked over her young son at a park has sparked intense debate over whether the woman was right to attack the skater who hurt her child.



A California skate boarder was performing tricks for a skating video called Warm Gravy when he plowed into a small child who crossed his path.



The little boy immediately starts crying. When the skater gets to his feet, he asks the boy, 'Are you alright, man?'



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Ouch: The skater clearly didn't see the little boy who crossed into his path as he was doing a trick. Both tumble to the ground after impact

The child begins wailing immediately after he is knocked to the ground. A nearby family member rushes over and picks the boy up The mother, right, confronts the skater as a relative comforts the little boy - who continues wailing

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It's unclear how badly hurt the child was, but he certainly wasn't happy. He continues to wail even after a family member rushes over and picks him up.



'Did you not see him?' the woman asks.



The skater apologizes. Seconds later the boy's mother appears, furious.



'You ran into my son on his birthday?' she demands and shoves him.



The angry mother shoves the skate boarder while demanding to know why he didn't see her son before plowing into him

Finally, the woman socks the skater in the jaw with a right hook. Online commenters have suggested the woman should be arrested and charged with assault

The woman gets hit in the face and then clocks the skater in the face with a right hook. The video ends before the conclusion of the altercation.

Online commentators are split on whether the skater deserved it. Other skaters suggested that the mother should be arrested for assault.



One of the top comments on the video posted on YouTube says: 'With skaters around, that mother should have been watching her kid.... with this video evidence she could be charged with battery and given a "worst mother of the year" award.'



Other commenters identified the park at Cannery Park in Hayward, California, which mixes a skate park, and basketball court into the same space - all across from an elementary school.



They claimed that the skater had a responsibility to be on the lookout for children who could run across his path.



