Via The Blue State Conservative
About That Guy Who Got His Butt Kicked By Mike Tyson On Plane… He’s Got A Checkered Past Of His Own
On a Jet Blue flight on Wednesday, legendary boxer Mike Tyson was being antagonized by a fellow passenger and the former prizefighter lost his temper. He turned around, leaned over the back of his seat, and began pummeling a Florida man named Melvin Townsend III.
The video of the incident recorded by one of Townsend’s friends who repeatedly calls him “my boy,” has gone viral, receiving millions of views. But for those who haven’t had the pleasure yet, watch the video here:
In the video, it appears Townsend is trying to be funny, using the premise that he’s asking to buy drugs from Tyson. The videographer can plainly be heard stating:
“Trying to get us some shrooms. He don’t know how to act. Tyson looking out, man.”
Tyson had clearly had enough, and moments later we see Tyson pounding on Townsend. It’s unclear what exactly happened to finally put Tyson over the edge, but it was obvious that Tyson was being provoked. What type of legal or criminal action will ensue because of the incident remains to be seen, but public opinion on social media seemed overwhelmingly supportive of Tyson, suggesting that Townsend had it coming. Now with reports of Townsend’s past, that support will likely increase.
According to a report from USA Today, Townsend had been sentenced in Charlotte County, Florida to 25 months in prison for grand theft, and is known to have “habitual felony offender status’’ as a result. Additionally, Townsend has also been…
“Convicted of fraud by identity theft, trafficking in property known to be stolen, use or possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.”
Melvin Townsend is not exactly a choir boy. He’s also not going to be invited to any Mensa meetings any time soon considering he thought it was a good idea to rile up Mike Tyson, arguably the greatest fighter who has ever lived. It makes us wonder how Townsend managed to survive prison with that type of decision-making. And if Townsend thought that the worst that could happen to him was a Will Smith-style slap to the face, he was sorely mistaken.
By Jordan Case
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Too much information. Let me shorten it up for you: He’s an asshole.
Hilarious! Gave me a full belly laugh. Cheers.
Fucked around and found out
Debt slavery creates morons whose main goal in life is getting paid. See soldiers, policeman and all governments workers. Capitalism is, you gotta’ get it man.
He does live in a double wide, it’s kinda nice for a double wide.
Poke the bear and get the claws.
Being a douchebag SHOULD be painful.
How do you suppose the media would be reporting this had it been a White guy beating up a belligerent nigro?
BLM and the FBI would have already been called in.
Cap’n, it’s the principle in action here.
A fuck should be treated as a fuck.
But too true, American Pravda would have Chuck Wepner
beating the shit out of some irritating micronigger as the worst thing
since George Floyd died of Fentanyl.
Melvin is lucky he still has two ears.
Mike wasn’t hungry for a pork snack.
Plane was still on the tarmac.
“suggesting that Townsend had it coming”
with some people, that’s just what it takes.
Fightin’ words
Think of Townsend as the US, Tyson as Russia, and the airplane as Ukraine.
That little prick received what I would call a mild ass kicking. He should consider himself the luckiest guy in the world. Kudos to Mike for having some level of restraint with this moron.
I thought Mike was very restrained. I was impressed.
Does Mike have a new book coming out? Or is this kid looking for his 15 minutes of fame? Or both?
Time will tell. The kid could have sustained much worse injuries. Just curious.
He looks like he got off easy. Maybe Iron Mike is a pussy? Nahh
People get dragged off, arrested and charged /fined etc for mask violations and Tyson walks after this? Not buying it, will Smith style bullshit
One can see, from the lack of injuries to young ‘fuck face’s face, Tyson wasn’t going to risk a broken hand bone on the young miscreant. Likewise, the video and restraint evident ought to eliminate the effectiveness of the certain to ensue lawsuit.
This was a con, set up so that they could sue Tyson and get some bucks.