I made some jokes about street fights earlier this week. And it’s true that most are harmless. But the one I witnessed today was of a different kind. It was a brutal attack on a thief by four or five other men who were merciless. You could hear the thunk of bone hitting bone and the sheer ferocity of the violence propelling the combatants back. The thief ran away through the sprawling traffic and two or three of the men gave chase. Last I heard was that he had gotten away.
I saw a commotion from about 10 meters back. I checked that I was on AF and that the ISO was high enough for the cloudy day. Then suddenly the first punch was thrown. It crunched into the thief ‘s face. I was 5 meters away. My first reaction was to get as close as I could. But something was pushing me back. The violence seemed to be creating shock waves that were pushing me back. I fought through it and got to 2 meters. I got in three shots of the action which must have lasted 5 or 6 seconds. To me it seems to have happened much faster as I sit here trying to count out 6 seconds. I think I reacted well. Fast. I was a little afraid but my curiosity threw that aside and pushed in. I’m disappointed I didn’t get more shots, and better timed shots. I liked the feeling of it all.
Most of the crowd still didn’t know what was going on.
Posted 2 years ago
