![]() Three teens were arrested in Decatur, Illinois, in September 2009, and charged in the killing of a bicyclist, 61, who was stomped to death, and the attempted murder of another man, 46, who was also attacked and stomped. The French government responded to this trend by making it illegal to film any acts of violence and post them online, with a spokesperson for then President Nicolas Sarkozy saying that the law was indeed directed at "happy slapping." In 2005 in the United Kingdom, BBC News reported on the happy slapping incidents, in which the attacks were filmed for the purpose of posting online. Local teens said that the object is to render an unsuspecting target unconscious with a single punch, and, if the assailant does not succeed, his companions will turn on him instead. Raustein was stabbed after falling to the ground. In September 1992, Norwegian exchange student Yngve Raustein was killed by three teenagers who-according to Cambridge, Massachusetts, prosecutors-were playing a game called "knockout". See also: Murder of Yngve Raustein and Happy slapping
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